The Jigawa State House of Assembly has passed a ₦58 billion supplementary estimate for the 2025 fiscal year.
The legislation followed the adoption of a report by the House Committee on Appropriations at the plenary on Thursday.
Chairman of the committee, Ibrahim Hamza-Adamu, said the supplementary budget arose from expected additional revenue accruing to the state from the federation account.
“The 2025 Appropriation Law appropriated the sum of N698,300,000,000 only for the recurrent and capital expenditure programme of the state during the 2025 fiscal year.
“With additional N58,000,000,000 of the supplementary appropriation budget, the total appropriation for the year will now be N756,300,000,000 only,” he said.
Hamza-Ibrahim urged the House to adopt effective oversight to ensure utilisation of the allocated funds in the approved areas.
The deputy speaker, Sani Isiyaku, who presided over the plenary, put the motion to a vote, and it was adopted unanimously by the members.
The House approved the ₦689.3 billion Appropriation Bill for 2025 on December 31, 2024.
The budget tagged “Budget of Innovation and Transformation for Greater Jigawa” is made up of ₦90.7 billion personnel cost, ₦70 billion recurrent expenditure, and ₦537 billion in capital expenditure.
The lawmakers also approved ₦17 billion for the 27 local government areas of the state.
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