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Kaduna State Governor Signs 2025 Budget Into law

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Kaduna State Governor in northwest Nigeria, Uba Sani, has signed the 2025 Sustaining Transformation and Inclusive Development budget into law, just ten days after presenting the draft proposal to the State House of Assembly.

The budget focused on rural development, and the total sum is N790,439,580,083.

The sums earmarked for capital and recurrent expenditures are N551,582,867,194 and N238,856,712,888.86, respectively.

Speaking after signing the budget on Monday, the Governor commended the assembly for passing the budget within 10 days of presenting the proposed appropriation bill.

The governor said that the legislature had invited all the ministries, departments, and agencies to defend their budget proposals, and the sessions were robust, adding, But at the end of the day, the 2025 budget was passed.

‘’Here in Kaduna State, I can say without fear of contradiction that we have the best House of Assembly in the country.

”If you look at the members, there are APC and PDP legislators, but they have relegated politics and are only focusing on governance. For me, this is highly commendable.

‘’About ten days ago, I was at the House of Assembly chambers, where I presented our 2025 budget proposal.

”All the MDAs were invited, and they defended their budgets. I was following the debate, and I can say it was one of the most thorough budget defences in the history of Kaduna State.”

Sani expressed delight that the legislators passed the appropriation bill within ten days, saying, “This is something that I will continue to be proud of.

”Apart from the budget and the number of motions and bills they have sponsored, I can say that this is the best state assembly.

‘’As a former senator who has the highest number of bills during the last senate, I sponsored more than 32 bills, so there is nobody that can give our lawmakers that credit better than me.’’

Speaking earlier, the Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yusuf Liman said that the signing of the 2025 budget by the governor marked an important milestone in the activities of the Assembly.

According to him, the budget proposal underwent thorough scrutiny before it was passed by the legislators.

He thanked Sani for working closely with the assembly to bring the direly needed dividends of democracy to the people of the state.

‘’The determination of the Uba Sani-led administration to create an enabling environment for developmental projects across the state can never be overemphasised,’’ he said.

The speaker said the governor had not only continued with some abandoned projects but had also initiated commendable ones. His commitment to rural development is noteworthy.

Giving a breakdown of the 2025 budget, the Commissioner for Planning and Budget, Alhaji Mukhtar Ahmed, said education got the largest chunk of the budget, 26 percent.

Also, health has 16 percent, while public infrastructure and agriculture have 13 percent and 9.5 percent, respectively.

According to him, the sectoral allocations reflected the administration’s emphasis on human capital development and agriculture.

Ahmed said, ’This is the second budget of His Excellency, and he has prioritised agriculture.

”While we have 7 percent in this current year, in 2025 agriculture will have 9.5 percent because of the impact agriculture has made.”

He said that 42 percent of the state’s GDP was from agriculture, adding, ”I’m sure that if we maintain this tempo, it will be higher by next year.’’

 

 

 

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