Adamawa State House of Assembly on Monday, approved the whooping N23.623 billion virement for Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.
The virement, is for the services of the state from October to December, 2021.
Governor Finitiri, had in a letter sent to the assembly, requested the state legislators to graciously okay the viremernt for his government.
But at a resumed plenary session on Monday, the members of the assembly unanimously considered a report on the virement as presented and subsequently approved it.
The approval followed the presentatation of a report by the Committee on Finance, Budget and Appropriation headed by Hon. Kate Raymond Mamuno(Demsa).
After the approval, the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. Pwamwakeno Mackondo, who presided over the sitting, directed the Clerk to the House to communicate the resolution of the Assembly to the executive arm.
Speaking to newsmen after the approval of the virement, the chairman House Committee on Finance, Budget and Appropriation, Hon. Kate Raymond Mamuno(Demsa) explained that the virement is a constitutional matter, and that government can vire money from a sub head to the other.
She added that it is all about transfering money approved by legislators from a sub head to the other and nothing else, saying that the government is only seeking the transfer of such money from the approved budget to serve the state.
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