Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda yesterday signed into law the state’s N829 billion 2027 Appropriation Bill
Radda described the budget as a people’s budget, noting that its details were informed by needs assessment across 361 wards in the 34 Local Government Areas of the state.
He explained that the budget went through three layers of scrutiny – collation from the grassroots, defence by Ministries, Departments and Agencies(MDAs) before its scrutiny and passage by the State House of Assembly.
The governor commended the Assembly for early passage of the bill, pointing out that the 2027 budget was signed two months earlier than that of last year.
Radda also hailed the Budget and Economic Planning Ministry for early preparation of the budget and charged implementing agencies to ensure timely execution.
He prayed for peace in the state and success of the All Progressives Congress(APC) at all levels in the forthcoming elections.
Earlier, the Assembly Speaker, Nasir Daura, while presenting the Appropriation Law, said that N190.73 billion was approved for recurrent expenditure and N637. 6 billion for capital expenditure.
Daura congratulated Radda for being the first governor in the country to sign the 2027 budget and reaffirmed the loyalty of the Assembly to the APC administration.
He appealed to residents of the state to continue supporting the Radda administration for more development.