The governor who signed the bill at the executive
chambers of the government house in Jalingo also
restated his administration’s commitments to ensure
that the people enjoy the benefits of democracy
despite the nation’s dwindling economy.
He said the state was heavily endowed with natures
gift and agricultural opportunities which if properly
funded would generate massive employments and
income for the state.
“We has a vast land that we can turn into fortunes
such that our youths will be gainfully employed, now
that the House has passed the 2016 budget, we shall
focus on the projected areas that would help us
rescue the state for good”
It will be recalled that the governor on 23rd of
December 2015 presented an appropriation bill of
26,081,789,535.00 to the State House of Assembly.
The House after series of deliberations and
consultations with executive jack up the total
projection up to 100,874,913,855.00. from the
amount earlier presented by the governor.
While answering questions on why the 2016 budget
was jacked up by the Assembly, the governor
responded that the jack up was as a result of
omissions that existed while the budget was earlier
presented at the house.
“There were omissions at the time we presented the
budget earlier at the House, while deliberations and
consultations some areas that were not captured and
were therefore identified and instead of allowing
them to come into supplementary budget we decided
that the House should include the areas now and that
was why we are having the budget been jack up to
the level” Ishaku responded.