Katsina State House of Assembly, yesterday passed the state’s 2016 appropriation bill into law by increasing the estimates to N114 bn from the initial N111bn presented to it.
As at December last year, Governor Aminu Bello Masari had, purposed a budget of N111bn christened “Budget of Restoration of Hope” to the state assembly for its assent. Following several deliberations, the assembly jerked up the budget to N114, 034,251, 670 as total expenditure for the 2016 fiscal year.
Meanwhile, the assembly adopted the five point recommendations made by its appropriation committee and pledged to ensure strict oversight activities to make for dutiful passage. The recommendations, however, included a directive on MDAs to be sending quarterly progress reports on revenue generation and expenditure to respective house committees and for the MDAs to devise more ways of enhancing internally generated revenue.
The assembly has proceeded on a one month recess to reconvene by April, 12, 2016.
