By Jabiru Hassan, Kano.
Kano state governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has presented 147.9bn naira to the state’s House of assembly Tuesday and assured full implementation of the budget tagged ” Budget for economic progress and development”.
Presenting the budget, governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje disclosed that this year’s budget is a little bit lower than that of the 2020 due to some issues related to global economy, where he emphasised that his administration is trying to transform kano to an exemplary state in the present democratic dispensation.
He urged the state assembly to study the budget proposal for speedy passage so as to enable the executives to execute more meaningful projects for the benefits of the electorates at both rural and urban areas, where he thanked the members of the state assembly for maintaining good relationship between the executive and legislative arms as usual.
Responding, the speaker of the kano state House of assembly, Rt. Honourable AbdulAzeez Garba Gafasa assured that the parliament would study the budget and pass the bill for the development of the state, and commended the governor for executing developmental projects across the state without bias.
The education sector received the largest share of the total budget where it receives 37.8 bn representing 25 percent of the total budget, while works ministry receives 118bn which shows that the 2021 Budget is carefully earmarked for the development of kano state respectively.
