Taraba Assembly passes 2023 appropriation bill into law
By Terna Chikpa, Jalingo
Taraba State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the 2023 budget appropriation into law.
The budget had N500,000,000 increments according to the speaker, Prof. Joseph Albasu Kunini, would ensure balance allocation across ministries for effective governace.
Kunini explained that the Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission (TSEIC), was not captured in the 2023 budget presented by Governor Ishaku, due to human error and it was necessary for the state to conduct her local government elections in 2023, in accordance with the provision of the law and the assembly saw it wise to jack up the budget and allocate N500,000,000 to the Commission to enable it conduct the exercise.
Our Correspondent reports that governor Darius Ishaku had on Tuesday November 29, presented the 2023 budget estimate of N172,734,537,459, which according to him, the budget was prepare at a critical period due to its political transition and economic consideration of the devastating effect of flood, treats of banditry and other challenges.
The governor said the budget significant was to consolidate on the achievements of his administration so far, and provide a robust take off of the incoming administration.
