The Nasarawa state House of Assembly, Wednesday, passed the 2020 supplementary budget of N20.2billion into law.
Speaker of the House, Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, announced the passage of the 2020 supplementary appropriation bill into law after bill scale third reading during the house proceedings in Lafia.
He said the speedy passage of the bill was to enable the state government address some challenges and was due to the effects of COVID19 pandemic on the economy.
“A bill for a law to issue out of the consolidated revenue fund of the state (supplementary appropriation bill) the sum of N20, 203, 376, 300 only for the services of Nasarawa state government for the period of two months, commencing November 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2020 scale third reading and passed into law,” the speaker said.
Balarabe Abdullahi appreciated his colleagues for their support in giving the 2020 supplementary bill speedy passage.
He however, directed the clerk to the house to produce a clean copy of the bill to the governor for his assent.
Earlier, Hon Tanko Tunga, the majority leader of the house moved a motion for the 2020 supplementary bill to scale third reading , which was seconded by deputy minority leader Hon. Luka Iliya Zhekaba.
The House unanimously passed the budget into third reading .
On December 4, 2019, governor Abdullahi Sule presented the 2020 budget proposal of N100.52 billion to the state House of Assembly for consideration and approval.
On November 11, 2020, the governor also presented a N20.2 billion 2020 supplementary budget to the state house of Assembly for consideration and approval.