Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has presented the 2021 budget proposal of 119, 663, 856, 636 naira, tagged “Budget of Resilience” to the House of Assembly for deliberation and passage.
Presenting the proposed budget to the house in Gombe, Governor Yahaya said the 2021 budget was envisaged to be expended with 48.2% for recurrent expenditure, which is the sum of 57,635, 301, 626 naira, while the sum of 62,028, 555,000 naira had been proposed for the capital budget, which also represented 51.8%.
Governor Yahaya said the budget would be financed by an estimated recurrent revenue of 75, 293, 163,000 Naira and that the capital receipts of 62, 457, 861, 061, 374 naira, while the closing balance would be 429, 306 , 364,000 naira.
He said the government would use the challenging experiences of the 2020 fiscal year to sharpen the vision for the 2021 fiscal year and beyond. With the useful inputs gathered from the people of Gombe, the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and the Ten-Year Development Plan from 2020 to 2030.
Governor Yahaya said his administration was committed to improving the quality of lives of the people of the state within available resources, majorly because of the present challenges being faced in the land.
He outlines the sectoral allocations with road infrastructure gulping the largest in the budget.
The Agriculture and Livestock sub-sector: 2 billion, 482 million 100 thousand naira
Rural, Community Development and Cooperative sub-sector (Education, Health and Transport sectors targeted at rural areas):
2 billion, 74 million, 500 thousand Naira, for the implementation of the aside other interventions in the.
Trade, Industry and Tourism: 2 billion, 127 million naira
Roads Infrastructure: 12 billion, 890 million naira
Housing and Urban Development sub-sector: 3 billion, million, 500 thousand naira
Land and Survey Ministry: 2 billion, 19 million naira,
Water sub-sector: 4 billion, 801 million, 515 thousand naira,
Environmental and Forestry sub-sector: 3 billion, million, 500 thousand naira
Science, Technology and Innovation: 377 million naira
Education: 6 billion, 348 million, 400 thousand naira
Higher Education sub-sector: 3 billion, 592 million naira
Health sector: 5 billion, 549 million naira
Youths and Sports Development: 1 billion, 055 million naira
Information and Culture: 641million naira
Women Affairs and Social Development: 389 million, 500 thousand naira
Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs: 138 million naira
Internal Security and Ethical Orientation: 730 million naira
General Administration sector: 3 billion, 091 million, 020 thousand naira
Justice: 1 billion, 371 million, 420 thousand naira
Above all, the Gombe State Governor said his administration was committed to improving the quality of lives of the people of the state within available resources, majorly because of the present challenges being faced in the land.
He also said his administration would focus on deepening the provision of physical infrastructure, investing in human capital development, enhancing investment in education, among others.
Suzan O.
