The Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo has advocated an increase in the Ogun State budgetary allocations to the health and education sectors.
Oba Gbadebo made the call in Abeokuta at the Egba Divisional Town Hall Meeting on the 2023 – 2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and the 2023 Budget.
The traditional ruler, who advised the government to give priority to the health sector, also called for the review of the state’s education budget from thirteen per cent to twenty-two per cent and urged the government to pay urgent attention to the DS Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic Itori.
Responding, Governor Dapo Abiodun said his administration was committed to meeting the fifteen per cent budget benchmark for the education sector and working with the relevant stakeholders to strengthen the sector.
Governor Abiodun explained that his administration had institutionalized various policies towards maintaining an optimal balance between capital and recurrent expenditure, to achieve macro-economic stability and sustainable development.
He appealed to the people of Egba Division to continue to promote peaceful co-existence and unity while urging the youths to shun social vices.
Bolanle Adesida
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