By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)
Some yet to be apprehended terrorists, on Sunday night, attacked Goronyo and Illela local governments killing 15 people and injuring many others, governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal confirmed.
In his condolence message to the people of the state before presenting the 2022 budget at the State House of Assembly, Tambuwal said, 12 people were killed in Illela and 3 others in Goronyo local government respectively.
Tambuwal while presenting the 2022 budget, appealed to all and sundry not to be distracted by the ugly antics of enemies of humanity operating under whatever guise.
The governor while addressing the State Lawmakers said in consonance with the existing budgetary standing and prevailing fiscal projection, the year 2022 Budget stands at N188,429,495,847.63.
This, according to Tambuwal, is lower than the current 2021 budget of N205,016,512,295.41 by N16,587,016,447.78 representing 8.1%.
Tagging the 2022 budget as that of Accomplishment and Sustainable Development", Tambuwal showed sectoral allocation of the budget as education having the highest vote of N37,006,032,670.92 which is 20%.
This is followed by Health with N28,806,855,774.51 representing 15%, then Agriculture with N22,551,438,538.42, representing 12%, and Infrastructure with the sum of N18,176,537,119.57 which is 10% of the total budget.
"The remaining sum of N81,888,631,774.20 is allocated to other expenditures and it represents 43% of the total budget.
"The Capital Expenditure is 59.7%, while Recurrent spending is 40.3% of the total Budget. The Budget will focus on completion of all ongoing infrastructural projects and the legacy projects started by this Administration". NNL.
