The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, ( NSHA) has passed the 2020 supplementary budget of N20.2billion into law as sent to it by Governor Abdullahi Sule.
Speaker Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi announced the passage of the 2020 supplementary appropriation bill into law after the bill scale third reading during the House proceedings in Lafia today.
- Maina: Court to hear Ndume’s bail application Thursday
- Reps threaten to block NEMA, NEDC from accessing ecological funds
He said that the speedy passage of the bill was to enable the state government address some challenges and was due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the economy.
Abdullahi said: “A Bill for a Law to Issue Out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the State ( Supplementary Appropriation Bill) the sum of N20, 203, 376, 300 only for the Services of Nasarawa State Government for the period of two months, commencing 1st November, 2020 and ending 31st December, 2020 scale third reading and passed into law.”
The House unanimously passed the budget into third reading .
It would be recalled that on November 11, 2020 Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State presented N20.2billion 2020 supplementary budget to the state House of Assembly for consideration and approval.
The Sum of N14,816,626,602b is for recurrent expenditure while N5,386,719,300b is for capital expenditure.
On July 20, 2020, Governor Abdullahi Sule presented a revised 2020 budget of N62.96billion to the state house of assembly for consideration and approval.
On December 4, 2019, governor also presented the 2020 budget proposal of N100.52 billion to the state House of Assembly for consideration and approval.
