Muhammad Garba
Jigawa state Governor Malam Umar Namadi has presented the sum of N298.14 billion as the state’s proposed budget for the year 2024 to the State Assembly.
The Governor designed the budget in line with his 12-point agenda stipulated to pursue the egalitarian development of the state to make Jigawa great.
Governor Namadi has proposed the sum of N111.98 billion representing 37 % of the budget for recurrent expenditure and N175.44 representing 59% of Capital expenditure.
The state education sector took a lion’s share of 95.5 billion representing 32%, with a focus on teachers’ recruitment, improving foundation skills, and reducing out-of-school children, which included the establishment of the Tsangaya board for redesign and integrating Almajiri system into the formal system of learning.
The sum of N36.2 billion representing 12% allocated to the Health sector and Agriculture with the allocation of N14.14 billion on
Works and Transport which included road construction allocated the sum of N41.14 billion, rural electrification N2 billion, Water supply and sanitation N5.29 billion, Environment and Regional planning N9.5 billion.
It received its first budget line amounting to N1.23 billion and N4.4 billion for youth and women empowerment.
He however presented the sum of N109 billion as a proposed budget for the 27 local government councils of the state.
The governor however urged the state assembly to give a speedy ligislative consideration to the budget to enable his government to deliver a much expected dividend of democracy to Jigawa state electoral.
In his comment, the speaker State House of Assembly Rt Hon Haruna Aliyu Dangyating promised to ensure the passage of the budget before the 3rd week of December.
He commented on the state governor Malam Umar Namadi for presenting his maiden budget which captured the mission and vision of making Jigawa state great, this budget is a realistic budget,” Hon. Dangyating declared.
