Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has signed the 2025 Appropriation Bill of N615.857 billion into law.
Zulum presented the budget estimate of N584.76 billion on Monday, 9 December, 2024.
It was passed by the State Assembly on Tuesday, 24 December, 2024, with a marginal increase of N31 billion after extensive deliberations by members of the House.
During a brief ceremony at the Council Chamber of the Government House on Monday, 6 January, 2025 Governor Zulum, while assenting to the appropriation, christened: “Budget of Recovery and Continuity”, promised to complete outstanding projects made during his 2023 campaign promise.
“This year is very important for me because I want to complete all my promises I made during 2023 electioneering campaigns,” Zulum said.
He charged heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, and members of the state executive council to comply strictly with the provisions of the appropriation bill while presenting their memos for approval.
Zulum also commended the leadership and members of the Borno State House of Assembly for approving the budget on time.
“We have to commend the leadership of the House of Assembly, we also have to commend the maturity of the House led by our able Speaker, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan.
“This is very important because all the developmental strides achieved could not have been possible without the full support and cooperation the government received from the legislature,” the Governor said.
Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkarim Lawan commended the Governor for the quality leadership and projects executed across the state in the last six years.
Lawan noted that the upward review of the appropriation bill was to capture some critical people-centred projects to be carried out by ministers, departments, and agencies.
