By Wole Adedeji, Ilorin
The Kwara State government has received the nod to present the 2021 supplementary appropriation bill to the state House of Assembly, Commissioner for Communication, Mrs. Abosede Buraimoh has said.
Buraimoh, in a statement, said that the state Executive Council on Wednesday approved the presentation of a revised 2021 budget, estimated at N169,167,143,768 to the state House of Assembly.
According to her, the revised budget estimate is 23 per cent higher than the approved 2021 budget of N137,684,915,550. (N137.7 billion)
The commissioner said that the council’s approval followed a detailed presentation of a memo on the budgetary performance by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Prof. Mamman Saba Jibril.
She disclosed that the SSG told the council that the revised budget seeks the appropriation of the N27.260 billion bond the state had recently accessed to execute some strategic social and economic infrastructural projects across the state.
The commissioner added that the revised budget is therefore billed for presentation to the House later this week.
