Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday signed the 2022 Appropriation Bill into law.
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Ismail Omipidan, the governor reiterated his administration’s commitment to further delivering prosperity to the people.
He stated: “The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, warned the political detractors to steer clear of the House, saying he and his colleagues are solidly behind the governor and his administration.
“Signing the Appropriation Bill into law in his office at Government Secretariat, Abere, Osogbo, Governor Oyetola announced that the 2021 budget as at the third quarter of this year had recorded 83.66 percent performance.
“Oyetola noted that, with the passage and signing of the Appropriation Bill into law, the race to achieving even more in 2022 has begun as it remains a year of consolidation that will open the door for improved sustainable development.
“He expressed the confidence that by the end of the year when that of the final quarter would have been computed, the performance will be up from 95 per cent recorded in 2020.”
Oyetola attributed the appreciable performance of the budget to improved delivery of programmes and projects across the state during the year.
According to him, the government was able to achieve this year’s budget performance and service delivery through improved employment of creative, innovative and probity strategies, including efficient deployment of available resources, cutting costs and plugging wastes to deliver service in a sorely challenged economy.
He pledged his administration’s resolve to following time-tested principles for optimum results in 2022, saying “with 56 per cent capital allocation and 44 per cent recurrent allocation in next year’s budget, we are obviously on the path of increased service delivery in 2022.”
The Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, reiterated the House’s continued resolve to providing leadership that would smoothen governance and make life bearable and prosperous for the citizens through people-oriented legislation.
