Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri on Monday, presented N486.218 billion budget for 2025 to the House of Assembly for passage.
According to the Governor, the recurrent expenditure is N137.256 billion, while the capital expenditure estimates is over N348billion.
Already, the assembly presided by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Bathiya Wesley, has since read the bill for 2nd time and committed same to the committee on Finance, Budget and Appropriation for scrutiny.
The second reading followed a motion by the Majority Leader, Hon. Kate Raymond Mamuno (Demsa) and seconded by Hon. Musa Mahmud Kallamu (Mayo Belwa).
Speaking shortly the presentation of the budget, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Bathiya Wesley, commended the Governor for the successful presentation of the 2025 budget.
Rt. Hon. Bathiya, assured of the readiness of the assembly under his leadership to do the needful to ensure the speedy passage of the proposed budget for implementation in 2025.
According to him, the singular gesture of sustaining a budget circle of his administration has proven that he is a focused leader who has his people at heart.
He said that their findings indicated that the Governor whom he described as project master had performed excellently well in the implementation of 2024 approved budget.
He used the opportunity and briefed the Governor on the performance of the 8th assembly since pronouncement, saying that they have introduced 51 bills and passed 20 and that some of them were assented to by the Governor.
He said they are one and united Hon. members and that politics and political differences does not divide them and that their goal is the progress and development of Adamawa state.
Rt. Hon. Bathiya Wesley stated that they always put Adamawa State 1st above any other consideration in discharging their constitutional responsibilities, saying that it is through this unity of purpose that they were able to succeed.
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