2023: Gov Bello proposes N238.9b budget in Niger

The Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello, on Tuesday presented the 2023 budget proposal of N238.9 billion to the state House Assembly for approval.

In his address at the event, Sani-Bello said the budget was designed to consolidate on the past achievements of his administration in the state.

He stressed that the proposed budget would be financed from statutory allocation, Value-Added Tax, internally generated revenue, excess crude account and other revenue sources and capital receipts.

The governor said the budget was larger than the 2022 budget of N225.1 billion by N12billion.

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He added that N91.44 billion was earmarked as recurrent expenditure and N147.8 billion for capital expenditure in the budget.

According to him, the state government will prioritize the completion of ongoing road projects that have reached 90 percent completion stages in 2023.

He, therefore, directed contractors to resume work immediately to enable the timely completion of all ongoing projects within the allocated time frame.

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