Gov. Abba Presents 2024 Budget to Kano Assembly
The Kano State Governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has presented the 2024 Appropriation Budget Bill of N350 Billion to the State Assembly, with a promise to blocked Public Finance leakages.
The Governor, said Friday, that the titled budget of Restoration and Transformation the process of implementing budget has since commenced, adding that the proposal is a product of full cooperation and dedication to change the narrative in Kano.
Alhaji Abba notes that the Total Reccurent expenditure stood at N357.9 Billion, while internally Expected Revenue stood at 100.7 Billion, adding that
Capital Receipt expected is N39.265 Bn, higher by 4.9 Billion of 2023 representing 12.53 percent decrease
Abba explained that Opening balance N10 Bn, Revenue Reccurent expenditure 134.4 Bn Representing 38 percent Salaries would Gulf N85.739bn for Civil Servants and Political Office Holders plus allowances and overhead and other Expenditure stood at N78.4 Billion.
Governor Abba said Capital Expenditure N215,194, 821.25 takes 62 percent of the total Budgetary Allocations.
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Breaking down the Budget, he said, Education. N95.389bn represent 29.97 percent of the total budget.
Health. N51.4bn, Works and Housing. N40.4Bn, Transport.N4.8Bn,
Physical Planning. N5.1Bn and
Agriculture: N11 Billion.
Other sectors included, Security and Law and Justice, in an afford to stop infiltration of Bandit’s N11Bn and
Water. N34.4 Billion, the Rural and Community Development. Get N5.3 Billion.
Women, Youth and Sport. N8.9 Billion
Commerce and Tourism. N3.5 Billion
Environment. N8.1 Billion and
General Administration. N45.1 Billion, according to the Governor.
The Governor noted that Human Capital Development, promoting the General Welfare of Kano People’s, ensuring Security of lives, provisions of strategic health, achieving Food Security, creating opportunity for Job Creations, and strengthening Inter and Non Governmental Partnership, are cardinal principles of his Government.
He Commended the State Legislative Chamber for helping him in the few days he ran the State, some of his achievements in the last five months leading to the People’s been happy in the City. Accorded priority to the education including sponsoring the reintroduce foreign scholarship.
He assured that his Government would Blocked leakages and monitored all the State MDAs established standing committee on Revenue Committee to ensure transperancy in the running of the government.
