Uba Sani signs 2025 budget into law

Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has signed the 2025 budget into law.

The governor signed the budget on Monday, December 16, 2024, ten days after he presented the draft proposal to the Kaduna State House of Assembly.

The budget focused on rural development and the total sum is N790,439,580,083.

The sum earmarked for capital expenditure and recurrent expenditure is N551,582,867,194 and N238,856,712,888.86, respectively.

Speaking after signing the budget, Sani commended the Kaduna State House of Assembly for the speedy passage of the budget within ten days of presenting the proposed appropriation bill.

He stated that the lawmakers had invited all Ministries, Departments and Agencies to defend their budget proposals, saying the sessions were robust.

Sani said: “Here in Kaduna State, I can say without fear of contradiction that we have the best House of Assembly in the country. If you look at the members, there are APC and PDP legislators but they have relegated politics and are only focusing on governance. For me, this is highly commendable.

“About ten days ago, I was at the House of Assembly chambers where I presented our 2025 budget proposal. All the MDAs were invited and they defended their budgets. I was following the debate and I can say it was one of the most thorough budget defence in the history of Kaduna State.

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“The legislators passed the appropriation bill within ten days. This is something that I will continue to be proud of. Apart from the budget, the number of motions, and bills they have sponsored, I can say that this is the best state assembly.

“As a former senator who has the highest number of bills during the last Senate, I sponsored more than 32 bills, so there is nobody that can give our lawmakers that credit better than me.”

Speaking earlier, the Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Yusuf Liman, said the signing of the 2025 budget by the governor marked an important milestone in the activities of the House.

According to him, the budget proposal underwent thorough scrutiny before it was passed by the lawmakers.

Liman thanked Sani for working closely with the House to bring dividends of democracy to the people of Kaduna State.

The Star