The Nasarawa state House of Assembly has passed into law the 2025 Appropriation Bill of N402.57 billion.
The House jerked the 2025 budget by N20 billion against N382. 57 earlier presented by Governor Abdulkadir Sule to N402.57 billion due to importance in some economic codes in the budget and inflation in the market.
Speaker of the House, Danladi Jatau, announced the passage of the bill into law Friday during the House proceedings in Lafia.
He said the House approved the upward review of the budget size by N20 billion due to the importance of some items in the budget and inflation in the market.
He said the 2025 Appropriation bill, if finally assented to by the governor, would enable the state government execute people-oriented projects for the overall development of the state.
“A Bill for a Law to Issue Out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the state (Appropriation) of the Sum of N402, 567, 843, 592.03 is read for the third term and passed.
“Where N166, 384 435,542.25 as recurrent expenditure, while N236, 183,408, 049.78 as capital expenditure,” he said.
The speaker directed the clerk of the House to provide him with the clean copy for vetting and onward transmission to Governor Abdullahi Sule for his further necessary action.
It would be reported that on Friday, November 29, Governor Sule presented N382.57 billion Appropriation Bill for the 2025, fiscal year to the House of Assembly for approval, christened “Budget of Economic Growth and Stability.”
