Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has proposed a N790 billion budget for 2025.
He stressed critical budget areas that will receive considerable attention, including infrastructure, education, healthcare, security, and agriculture.
On Monday, the governor presented the proposed budget to the Kaduna State House of Assembly, explaining a strategic approach to resource allocation in light of the current financial constraints.
According to him:
“The budget allocates N553 billion for Capital Expenditure and N237 billion for Recurrent Expenditure, a significant portion, N206.6 billion or 26.14%, is dedicated to education.”
Governor Uba Sani went on to say that the funds will be used to build new schools, renovate existing ones, hire teachers, enhance capacity, and provide learning materials.
He noted that healthcare is allotted N127 billion, or 16.07% of the budget, to upgrade facilities, purchase medical equipment, and expand mobile healthcare services.
On infrastructure, the governor said that it will get N106 billion (13.14%), with an emphasis on continuous road building, rural electrification, and water delivery.
Governor Uba Sani said:
“Agriculture is set to receive N74 billion (9.36%) to support innovation, smallholder farmers, agro-processing, and irrigation projects. Security is allocated N11.2 billion to enhance state security agencies and community policing, while social welfare receives N9.8 billion (1.24%) to expand safety nets for vulnerable populations.”
He said that the budget will fund new school building, school repair, teacher recruitment, capacity development, and the provision of educational resources.
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