The Nasarawa state House of Assembly, has jerked up the 2021 appropriation bill by N2.8billion from the N112.92billion presented to the house for consideration and approval by Governor Abdullahi Sule.
Speaker of the House Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi disclosed this when the house deliberated and adopted the 2021 budget report of the house standing committee on finance and appropriation during the house proceedings in Lafia on Tuesday.
The speaker said the increase of the 2021 appropriation bill was due to the introduction of engineering and medical school in Nasarawa state Univeristy, Keffi, insecurity and many other factors.
He appreciated members for deliberated and adopted the reports of the committee for the overall development of the state.
“We recommend for approval and passage into law a bill to authorise the issuance from the consolidated revenue fund of the state the sum of N115, 722, 814, 343.31k only as the total budget for the year 2021.
“N53, 464,156, 917 only as recurrent expenditure and N55, 240,925,695 only as capital expenditure.
“Similarly, the committee recommend the sum of N7,017,732,031 only as consolidated revenue funds charges,” he said.
The speaker slated Monday, December 21, 2020 for the third reading of the bill.
Earlier, Hon. Tanko Tunga, the majority leader of the House moved for the adoption of the committee’s report after deliberation and seconded by the deputy minority leader Luka Zhekaba.
