…… house blames budget officers’ for not being conversant with MTEF
…..house urges Gombe North Federal lawmakers to follow up Funakaye- Nafada road
Gombe State House of Assembly has passed into law the 2024 budget estimate of the state to the tune of N208,064,000,000.00.
The PERISCOPE NIGERIA reports that it reflects an increase of N300,000,000.00 million against the earlier submitted by Governor Muhammadu Yahaya of N207, 750,200,000.00.
According to a press statement signed by the Chief Information Officer, Umaru Ma’aji, on Wednesday this followed the adoption of the report of the house committee on Appropriation on the 2024 budget estimate after scrutiny.
Presenting the report of its committee, the chairman Appropriation committee Alhaji Aliyu Manu, representing Gombe North in the state House of Assembly said his committee observed that most of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies’ budget officers are not conversant with the budget provisions which is guided by Medium Term Expenditure Framework.
“therefore we recommend that henceforth budget office should transmit executive council’s approved budget to ministries and as well as consider and approved N208, 064,000,000.00, as total budget size of Gombe State,” the statement partly read.
The chairman Appropriation committee said the 2024 budget which is tagged budget of continuity and consolidation focus on completion of all ongoing projects in the state started in the first tenure of these present Administration adding that 43 per cent of the budget goes to economic sector while 11 per cent goes to social sector .
Ma’aji added, “After a clause by clause consideration by the speaker Abubakar Mohammed Luggerewo at the committee of the whole and contributions by the members the bill was read for the third time and passed into law.”
Luggerewo lauded his colleagues for the support and cooperation given to the committee members.
Meanwhile, the house has passed a resolution to write a letter of reminder to the members of the National Assembly representing Gombe North to do a follow up at federal ministry of works on the dilapidated road condition of Gombe Funakaye – Nafada federal road which has been previously awarded but not funded.
Presenting its committee report to these effect the chairman House Committee on works and transportation Mustapha Hassan, said his committee has interacted with Federal Ministry of Works area office Gombe, FERMA and State Ministry of Works and Transportation where they found out that the project of the road was captured in 2024 budget of the Federal Government and “that the federal lawmakers of Gombe North should bring it at both red and green chambers,” Ma’aji added.
