Ekiti Assembly Passes 2022 Budget, As Gov Fayemi Assents To It

Ekiti State House of Assembly has passed the 2022 budget proposal submitted to it by Governor Kayode Fayemi two months ago.

The Appropriation bill, christened Budget of Legacy and Consolidation has over 60 billion as recurrent expenditure while capital expenditure would gulp more than 40 billion.

The passage of the 2022 appropriation bill was sequel to the submission of the report of the chairman house committee on Finance and Appropriation, who is the lawmaker representing Emure constituency, Mrs Olubunmi Adelugba.

The lawmakers told the house that the budget was properly scrutinized by the committee with the invitation of officials of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs to defend the budget allocated to their offices.

In his remarks, the speaker of the House, Mr Funminiyi Afuye thanked members of the committee for a job well done.

He advocated the full implementation of the budget to better the lots of the people of Ekiti state.

In the meantime, Governor Kayode Fayemi has assented to the 2022 appropriation bill of over one hundred billion nairas as Passed by the state House of Assembly

At a brief ceremony in Ado Ekiti, Governor Fayemi said that the budget christened “Budget of legacy and consolidation would enable his administration to execute people-oriented projects and complete the ongoing ones across the state.

He stressed that the budget was prepared with inputs from communities through their representatives to ensure that the needs of the people were captured.

The Governor was of the view that the budget would be actualized with improved internally generated revenue, allocation from the federation account and donors from the development partners

He said the budget would also give a strong financial base for the incoming administration to enable it to be able to cope with challenges ahead.

In a remark, the speaker of the Ekiti State House of assembly Mr Funminiyi Afuye said the lawmakers would carry out its oversight
function to ensure that the budget was fully implemented.

Amos Ogunrinde