The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday in Makurdi presented the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N189.4 billion to the state House of Assembly for passage into law.
The bill was tagged, ‘Budget of Advancement, Growth and Development.’
The governor explained that N48.4 billion would be expended on overhead cost while development funds would gulp N38.1 billion.
He appreciated performance of the 2019 budget, which he said was made possible by the “steady inflow of federal allocation and the performance of the internally generation revenue firm.”
He, therefore, urged the state assembly to expeditiously pass the appropriation bill in the interest of the Benue people.
Receiving the bill, the speaker, Titus Uba, promised that the bill would receive expeditious consideration and passage.
Uba, however, urged all agencies of government to be prepared for the defence of their sector allocations in the bill to enable its early passage.
BENJAMIN AGESAN, Makurdi
