The Kebbi House of Assembly on Wednesday approved N19.8 billion as 2023 supplementary budget for the newly established Ministries and Agencies as requested by Gov. Nasir Idris.
The Chairman, House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Adamu Muhammad, who represents Ngaski Constituency, made this known in Birnin Kebbi shortly after the supplementary budget defence exercise by the Commissioners of the affected ministries.
He said, “The house received the supplementary budget of N19.8 billion from Gov. Idris as take off grant for the newly established ministries, and some existing ministries to enable them perform activities that would alleviate the hardship currently being experienced by the people as a result of the fuel subsidy removal.”
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Muhammad said the house invited the officials of the affected ministries to defend their budgetary allocations.
He added that the exercise was conducted smoothly as the officials briefed the house on their plans towards successful implementation of their allocations.
Also speaking shortly after the defence of the budget, the state Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Alhaji Shehu Mu’azu, said that the supplementary budget would enable the ministries to implement laudable programmes that would provide succour to the people of the state.
On his part, the state Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Empowerment, Alhaji Hamidu Jarkuka, expressed his ministry’s commitment towards proper implementation of its budgetary allocation.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that nine newly established ministries received N900 million as take- off grant.
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Out of it, Ministry of Agriculture got N10 billion, Ministry of Works and Transport, N4.2 billion for the construction of Federal Roads (Koko/Mahuta/Dabai) as well as the construction of state and rural roads across the three senatorial districts.
Similarly, N400 million had been allocated to the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Ministry of Justice N1.9 billion, security N500 million, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) N1.9 billion, and Women Economic Empowerment programme got N400 million. (NAN)