The Jigawa State House of Assembly has approved a supplementary budget of ₦58 billion for the 2025 fiscal year.
This approval came after the House adopted the report presented by its Committee on Appropriations during Thursday’s plenary session.
Committee Chairman, Ibrahim Hamza-Adamu, explained that the supplementary budget was prompted by anticipated additional revenue expected from the federation account.
“The 2025 Appropriation Law appropriated the sum of N698,300,000,000 only for the recurrent and capital expenditure programme of the state during the 2025 fiscal year.
“With additional N58,000,000,000 of the supplementary appropriation budget, the total appropriation for the year will now be N756,300,000,000 only,” he said.
Hamza-Ibrahim urged the House to adopt effective oversight to ensure utilisation of the allocated funds in the approved areas.
The deputy speaker, Sani Isiyaku, who presided over the plenary, put the motion to a vote, and it was adopted unanimously by the members.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the House approved the N689.3 billion Appropriation Bill for 2025 on December 31, 2024.
The budget tagged “Budget of Innovation and Transformation for Greater Jigawa” is made up of N90.7 billion personnel cost, N70 billion recurrent expenditure, and N537 billion in capital expenditure.
The lawmakers also approved N17 billion for the 27 local government areas of the state.
