By Dare Akogun
Governor of Kwara state Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, today presented the sum of 187.5 b Naira revised budget estimates to the House of Assembly consideration and passage
This was contained in a message from the Governor addressed to the Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu and read before his colleagues during today’s plenary.
Governor Abdulrazaq said with the revised appropriation would be placed on ongoing capital projects and consistent payment of the new minimum wage across board.
He noted that the revised estimate represents a shortfall of 2.08 billion naira of 1.1 percent from the approved 2022 budget of N189.6b
The Governor submitted that 52.3 percent of the revised budget would go for recurrent while capital expenditure will gulp the remaining 47.6 percent.
Governor Abdulrazaq explained that the recurrent peaked partly to accommodate rise in personnel cost such as full implementation of the minimum wage in the mainstream civil service, agencies and parastatals of the state government, including the Colleges of Education and other overhead items.
The Speaker therefore referred the Revised Budget Estimate to the House Committee on Appropriation for further legislative action.
In another development, the Assembly urged Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to direct the Ministry of Communications to embark on sensitization against illegal dumping of refuse in the state to prevent environmental disaster and diseases.
This followed a Matter of General Public Importance raised by Deputy Speaker, Raphael Adetiba representing Oke-Ero Constituency.
The Speaker, while reading the resolutions of the House advocated strict punishment for violators of laws to serve as deterrents to others.
