Ogun Assembly passes N1.054 trillion appropriation bill, increases expenditures of MDAs 

The bill was presented to the house by the State Governor, Dapo Abiodun earlier this month.

The budget was passed with adjustments in the recurrent expenditures of about 21 agencies, and the capital expenditures of five agencies, as well as adjustments in the revenue targets of two agencies.

The passage of the Appropriation Bill followed the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation by its Chairman, Hon. Musefiu Lamidi, whose motion for adoption was seconded by his Deputy, Hon. Wahab Haruna and supported by the whole House at the plenary presided over by Speaker, Oludaisi Elemide.

“The bill was later read and adopted clause by clause before the Committee of the whole house, after which the motion for the third reading was moved by the  Majority Leader, Yusuf Sheriff, seconded by the Minority Leader Lukman Adeleye and supported by all the lawmakers through a unanimous voice vote,  while the Clerk/ Head of the Legislative Service, Mr. Sakiru Adebakin read the bill for the third time before the State lawmakers,” a statement by the House noted.

The Speaker therefore directed that the clean copy of the bill be forwarded to the governor for his assent.

At the plenary session on Tuesday, it was disclosed that adjustments were made to the proposed expenditures of some ministries and agencies.

The budget proposal of the Ministry of Budget and Planning was increased from an estimate of N1.475bn to N1.902bn

On December 4, the governor presented a proposed 2025 budget of N1.054 trillion to the State House of Assembly.

The budget tagged “Budget of Hope and Prosperity” had a recurrent expenditure of N453.56 billion and a capital expenditure of N600.98 billion.

Infrastructure had the highest allocation (27%) in the budget, followed by education (17%).