Gombe state governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has signed into law the 2021 appropriation bill of over N120 billion passed by the State House of Assembly.
The appropriation Act has a total size of N120, 346,536,626.00 with an increase of N682, 680,000.00 over the initial sum of N119,663,856,626.00 proposed by the executive.
Speaking shortly after signing the budget at the Government House Gombe on Wednesday, Governor Yahaya attributed the expeditious passage of the bill to harmonious relationship amongst the three arms of government in the state.
“Last year around this time precisely on the 27th of December 2019, we signed the 2020 Appropriation Act and this year we did it much earlier. That means we are improving on efficiency and our processes and procedures are always improving to better the lots of the people of the state.”
Governor Yahaya thanked the people of the state for their support to his administration and the House of Assembly for the effective and efficient way they handled the appropriation and other bills sent to it by the executive arm, saying “this shows the level of synergy existing among the three arms of government.”
He said his administration will continue to work assiduously to make sure that the greater chunk of the people’s resources goes to them through judicious resource management.
Yahaya said the christening of the 2020 appropriation as “Budget of Resilience”, means a lot not only to those in government but the entire people of the state. To this end, the governor called on the people of the state to be more resilient, cooperative and hardworking.
“Everybody knows the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and what it has created not only within the Nigerian society but indeed the entire world and if we work hard enough to overcome the challenges we shall come out stronger more than ever before”.
In his remarks, the Speaker of the House, Hon. Abubakar Mohammed Luggerewo said the budget was given expeditious passage because of its contents which he noted had given priority to the economic development and welfare of the people.
