Sule Presents N382.5bn 2025 Appropriation Bill to Nasarawa Assembly

Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia

The Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has presented the 2025 Appropriation Bill of N382, 5 billion to the state House of Assembly for approval.

When presenting the appropriation bill at the state Assembly complex in Lafia last Friday, Governor Sule said the total budget estimate for 2025 was structured into N159.97 billion (41.82%) for recurrent expenditure and N222.60 billion (58.18%) for capital expenditure.

“The budget estimate allocation based on main sectors is as follows: Administrative Sector; N80.14 billion, Economic Sector; N139.84 billion, Law and Justice Sector; N10.61 billion, and Social Sector N151.97 billion,” he said.

Sule continued that the 2025 Budget estimate aims to continue on the path of recovery, with a focus on improving education, expanding infrastructure, agriculture, health, security and technology sub-sectors.

Allocations to the sub-sectors are: Education, Science and ICT N 78.16 billion, Infrastructure N71.70 billion, Governance, Security and General Administration N50.75 billion, Health, N36.20 billion, Agriculture and Water Resources N36.07 billion, Environment- N27.02 billion.

Others were Finance, Investment and Trade N26.11 billion, Information and Tourism N19.36 billion, Law and Justice N10.61 billion, Legislation N10.03 billion,

Youth and Sport Development N9.77 billion, Humanitarian and Women Empowerment N6.40 billion.

The Speaker of the Assembly, Danladi Jatau, while receiving the appropriation bill tagged: ‘Budget of Economic Growth and Stability’, promised speedy passage of the bill.

“Your Excellency, the seventh Assembly under my watch will ensure that we give all the needed support to the state government to execute all its policies and programmes without hindrance so that our people will get the much needed democratic dividends.

“Therefore, I want to assure you that this budget will get the needed attention it deserves from the state Assembly,” Jatau maintained.