Governor Darius Ishaku on Friday signed the Taraba State 2021 Appropriation Bill into law.
In a short ceremony at the Taraba State Government House in Abuja and monitored by our correspondent, Gov Ishaku said with the passage of the budget, the government was ready to hit the ground running with its implementation.
He commended members of the state House of Assembly for passing the budget without delay and noted that with the development, “the yearly norm of signing annual and provisional warrants for government services to subsist at a level not exceeding the level of those services prevailing in the previous financial year, pending the passage of the Appropriation Bill, will no longer be an issue”.
Ishaku assured that the government would be strict in expenditure control to ensure efficiency in spending and accountability.
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To achieve such control, mechanisms for effective monitoring of ministries, departments and agencies will be strictly enforced, he said.
Details of the Bill as approved by the assembly showed that the state will be spending N141,625,435,961.80 for the 2021 fiscal year.
The government had proposed N139,460,435,961.80 while the assembly increased it by about N2.1 billion
Ishaku noted that the approved budget would improve government’s deliveries in key areas including infrastructure, education, healthcare, water supply, agriculture and job creation.
He thanked members of the assembly for working hard to pass the budget in record time and assured the people of the state that government was determined to deliver greater dividends of democracy.
Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Joseph Albasu Kunini, said with the presentation of the Budget Bill for signing, the House had kept its promise made on December 4, 2020 when it was presented to the House to expedite action in its consideration.
He observed that the final figure had increased by about N2.1 billion but noted that the new figures were realistic.
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