Edo Assembly passes ₦183.7 billion budget for 2019

The Edo House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the state 2019 Appropriation Bill of ₦183.7 billion.

This followed a motion by the Majority Leader, Mr Roland Asoro and seconded by Mr Monday Ehighalua (PDP- Esan West) at the plenary in Benin.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gov. Godwin Obaseki had on Nov. 26 presented a budget of ₦175 billion to the house for consideration.

However, the house increased the budget by ₦7.9 billion to accommodate more developmental programmes bringing the total amount to ₦183.7 billion.

A breakdown of the budget indicated that capital expenditure was put at ₦102.9 billion, while recurrent expenditure stood at ₦80.8 billion.(NAN)

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