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| Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State. |
Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson today presented an
appropriation bill of over N295 billion to the state House of Assembly for
deliberation and approval for the 2018 fiscal year.
The budget
tagged, “Finishing Strong on Development, Stability and Prosperity Volume One” comprised
a capital expenditure of about N146.9 billion.
The
governor said the budget would focus on consolidation and completion of ongoing
capital projects, particularly the three senatorial roads and the state
airport.
Dickson,
who described the outgoing year as ground breaking and challenging, expressed
the hope that there would be increased revenue as evidenced in the rise in
federal allocation in the last two quarters of the year.
On sectoral
allocations, Dickson announced N36 billion for Ministry of Works and
Infrastructure, which got the lion share, followed by Education with over N22
billion while health had N8.5 billion.
Power
Ministry was allocated N6.5 billion; Ministry of Information has N2 billion;
N2.5 billion was allocated to the Ministry of Lands and Survey while N2 billion
was earmarked for Community Development.
Others are
Science and Technology which got N1 billion with Trade, Industry and Investment
having N4 billion.
The
governor assured that by 2018, the government would do more work on education
development.
He said the
budget would focus on urban housing scheme for civil servants.
Dickson
added that with the ongoing verification in the civil service, the embargo on
employment would be lifted so that fresh blood would be injected into the
system.
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