Aiyedatiwa presents N384.5bn 2024 budget to lawmakers
The Ondo State Acting Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Thursday, presented the 2024 Appropriation Bill to the state House of Assembly.
According to the acting governor, N384.533 billion was appropriated for both capital and recurrent expenditure for the fiscal year.
In the budget proposal christened ‘Budget of Economic Resilience’, N172,518,140,353 was earmarked for recurrent expenditure while N212,014,859,647 was for recurrent expenditure.
During the plenary session, the Majority Leader of the Assembly, Oluwole Ogunmolasuyi, moved the motion for the budget proposal to be presented to the Assembly, and the motion was seconded by the Deputy Speaker, Abayomi Akinruntan.
Giving the breakdown of the budget, Aiyedatiwa explained that the infrastructural development sector has the highest in the budget proposal as a sum of N95.5billion was budgeted, which is 24.8percent of the total budget, saying “This is so because it is the sector that will stimulate the economy in the next fiscal year”.
The acting governor said, “In view of the above fundamentals, coupled with the removal of fuel subsidy which is expected to translate into more revenue from FAAC to our state, a total budget of N384,533,000 only is being proposed for the 2024 Fiscal Year.”
Aiyedatiwa sought the cooperation of the Assembly members to join hands with him and move the state forward in line with the vision of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.
