Kwara Exco approves N239bn 2023 revised budget
Kwara State Executive Council has approved for Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to present to the Assembly a draft revised 2023 budget of N239,084,199,757.00, with capital expenditure taking some 50.2% of the chunk while recurrent tanked to 49.8%.
The State Commissioner for Communications, Mrs Bola Olukoju, who disclosed this, said the revised budget is 27% higher than the approved 2023 budget earlier approved by the State House of Assembly.
According to the cabinet the approval followed a submission from the Commissioner for Planning and Economic Development, Alhaji Lafia Aliyu Kora-Sabi who said that a service-wide and bottom-up process for the revised budget started since June 2023.
Alhaji Lafia Aliyu Kora-Sabi explained that the decision followed a thorough deliberations and review of submissions from the Ministries, Departments and Agencies with much emphasis on capital projects that are critical to stimulate the economic activities in the state for inclusive growth and development.
The cabinet, also approved for Star Sewing Machine Limited, an International firm, to manage the State's Garment Factory following a long-drawn bidding process involving open tendering in line with relevant laws.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Saidu Isa Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi Yoruba Gbenga Olawepo Osuwa Abubakar Baba Dan Iya Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah Sulu Babaita Isiaka Sai Kayi Taibat Ayinke Ahmed Egbejila Aminu Adisa Logun Shao Twitter Ibrahim Jawondo Abdulrahman Iliasu Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh Binta Abubakar Mora Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations Baba Issa Awoye Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange Wahab Abayawo Minimum Wage Shaaba Lafiagi Muhammad Ghali Alaaya Forgo Battery Company Limited Ogbondoroko College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies Raliat Islamic Foundation CBT Hamidu Olowo All Peoples Party IFK Nnazua Ishola Moses Abiodun Hassan Taiye Salam Garba Ado Sanni Ogidi-Oloje KFA Coronavirus Ajibola Saliu Ajia Kale Bayero Salami Adekunle Yusuf Aiyedun Eghe Igbinehin Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf 11th Galadima Emmanuel Bello Saadu Gbogbo Iwe Gani Saadu Moshood Mustapha Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede Agor Ilorin Anchor Men And Women Prince Bola Ajibola Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road Sulyman Abdulkareem Kishira Joseph Bamigboye Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore Aso-ofi Rex Olawoye Women For Change And Development Initiative NIPR Owo Isowo Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency Offa Descendants Union Tunji Ajanaku Shehu Adaramaja Shururat Olatinwo Adedipe Oniwasi Agbaye Salau Kabiru Abdullahi Gbugbu International Market

