2018 Budget: KWSG to Commit 70% to Capital Expenditure

Date: 2017-10-10

The Kwara State government has said it will commit 70% of its 2018 budget to capital expenditure.

The Senior Special Assistant to the State Governor on Media and Communication, Dr Muideen Akorede made this known on Tuesday while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the stakeholders' workshop on the state's budgetary process.

He said Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed explained that the decision of the government to spend more on capital project was to ensure that all ongoing projects across the State are brought to completion for the benefit of the people.

According to him, Governor Ahmed noted that in order to spend more on capital projects, government has to sustain reduced recurrent expenditure and ensure cost cutting in governance.

He further noted that Governor Ahmed assured Kwarans that all the ongoing capital projects would be completed before expiration of his administration.

The meeting, which had in attendance members of the State House of Assembly and the State Executive Council, was for Alhaji Ahmed to share the dream and direction of the government ahead of 2018 fiscal year.

Dr Akorede added that the meeting focused on sources of revenue with particular attention on tax collection and other internal revenue lines.

He said Governor Ahmed also used the workshop to draw the attention of all the stakeholders to the calls for restructuring and discovery of new energy sources which could further reduce allocation from the federal to states of the federation.

Governor Ahmed, he said, added that the administration would key into Rural Agricultural Empowerment Programme in partnership with the World Bank to support rural road infrastructure in the State.

Alhaji Ahmed equally called on the state house of assembly to expedite action on the passage of State Health Insurance Scheme Bill for the implementation of the scheme across the state.

Continuing, he emphasized the Ahmed administration's readiness to support primary and secondary education with the needed infrastructural facilities through the Universal Basic Education Commission facility once the state pays its counterpart fund.`

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

GGDSS Pakata     First Lady     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Ilorin West     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     N-Power     Ilorin Like-Minds     Aminat Omodara     Ilorin East     SDP     KSIRS     Lanwa     Bankole Omisore     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     George Funsho Adebayo     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Toyin Sanusi     Adegoke Bamidele     Oba-Solagberu     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Bola Magaji     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Kwarareports     Abdulfatai Baakini     IsDB     Baba Isale     Just Law Forum     Ali Ahmad     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Ayobami Seriki     Yahya Mohammed     Sidikat Alaya     CCB     Aminu Adisa Logun     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     John Kehinde Salako     Eghe Igbinehi     Azeez Salawu     Kaosarah Adeyi     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Hakeem Idris     Oja-Oba     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Moses Salami     UNILORIN Alumni     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Otoge     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Durbar     Sam Okaula     Yemi Osinbajo     Ilorin South     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Moshood Mustapha     Bukola Ajikobi     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     BECE     Sola Saraki University     Musbau A. Akanji     Salihu S. Yaru     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Odolaye Aremu     Olatunji Bamgbola     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Olokoba Sulyman     Umar Danladi Shero     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Tsaragi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Admiralty Villa     Kisra     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Aso-ofi     Okin High School     Jide Ashonibare     Jaigbade Alao     Afolayan     COVID-19 Palliatives     Kaiama     Abioye Bello     Aliyu Umar     New Naira Notes     Democracy Day     Labour Party     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Dumagi     JAAC     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Kwara Polytechnic     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Garba Ado Sanni     Osuwa     Adeniyi Ojo     MATTA Girls Foundation     High Court     COEASU     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Nigeria Customs Service     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Harrison Osauwagboe     Amusement Park     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Alore     Kwara Metro Park     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Tunji Arosanyin     VADA     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Www.Kwarareports.com     Hauwa Nuru     Ajidagba     Lukman Adeloyin     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Gobir     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Harmony Holdings     TETFUND     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Earlyon Technologies     Ayo Adeyemi     Towoju     March 18     Muhammed Aliyu     Deji Ajani     Akume     Nigerian Correctional Service     Omotoso Musa     Moji Makanjuola     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Ubandawaki     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     SSUCOEN     Oyin-Zubair     Rasheed Jimoh     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Abdulkadir Orire     Garba Idris Ajia     John Obuh     Abdulfatai Ahmed