POLITICS
Adamawa: Fintiri Presents N225bn 2024 Budget Estimates
From Yagana Ali, Yola
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has today, presented N225,893,690,626 billion budget estimates to the State House of Assembly in Yola, the state capital.
The governor who thanked the Assembly for the support it has given his administration, said the budget of re-engeeneering will consolidate the laudable foundation of solid development he instituted in the state.
“Speaker, Honourable members, this is the first Budget Appropriation of the Second Term and the main focus is to foster Economic growth of the state on projects and programmes.
“This has become necessary so that the positive economic impact that will change the standard of living of our people will become a reality.
“It is in line with this policy objective and mission towards the transformation of the state, that the 2024 proposed Annual Budget has been carefully articulated to allow faster Economic Development of the state.
“Having acquainted you with the general performance of the 2023 Approved Budget, may I now present to you and this Honourable Assembly, the 2024 proposed Appropriation Bill as duly bestowed on me by the Constitution for the financing of all government programmes and services in the state in the incoming financial year.
“Having considered all factors, this Administration is presenting the sum of ₦225,893,690,626.00 as the 2024 proposed Annual Budget towards the financing of both the Recurrent and Capital Development Programmes within the 2024 fiscal year.
“The budget is articulated on the current Economic indicators ” Fintiri said.
The Ministry of works and energy development carry the largest share with over 25.5 billion naira which represent 22 percent of the budget, follow by ministry of Education and Human Capital Development with an estimated budget of over N15. 6 billion representing 13.6 percent and ministry of health with an estimate of N6.5billion which represent five percent of the budge.
Highlighting the performance of the previous budget, governor Fintiri said it is customary that a review of the performance of the current approved budget in terms of the Actual Revenue that accrued to the state and in particular on what they were expended on, within the last three quarters of the financial year be made known to you, and indeed the entire state.
This review as a matter of tradition is also meant to reflect and evaluate past performance, cover the shortfall and consolidate on our success in order to move the state forward.
“I want to refresh your memory on the fact that this Honourable Assembly late last year approved the total sum of ₦175,019,054,060.00 for the 2023 fiscal year to finance both the Recurrent and Capital expenditure of the state.
However, during the 2023 financial year, the state has received and recorded an additional inflow of revenue to the tune of ₦39,261,914,707.63 as statutory Allocations which was approved by this Honourable House.
This has led to the increase in 2023 Approved Budget Size from the initial ₦175,019,054,060.00 to ₦214,280,968,767.63. Out of this, the sum of ₦105,011,432 437.00 which represents 49% of the total Approved Annual Budget Estimate was earmarked for Recurrent Services and the balance of ₦109,269,536,330.6 which represents 51% of the total Approved Annual Budget was earmarked to service Capital Development programmes and services in the state,” He said.
Out of the aforementioned total Approved Budget for the 2023 Financial year, the state Government was able to realize the total sum of ₦85,504,533,496.00 from all her revenue sources as at 30th September, 2023.
The breakdown of the total Revenue shows that: ₦25,050,852,749 was realised from Statutory Allocation, N24,648,664,854 from Value Added Tax (VAT), ₦847,672,845 from Ecological fund, ₦6,622,974,209 from Exchange Rate difference, ₦3,278,452,883 from Non-oil Revenue, ₦1,498,458,705 from other FAAC Transfers, ₦9,862,266,712 (collected from Internally Generated Revenue of the state) and the balance of ₦13,695,190,539 was realized from Capital Receipts.”
In the asme vein, the total sum of ₦73,557,885,583 was expended on the various Recurrent and Capital Development Expenditure profile sources as of 30thSeptember, 2023.
The breakdown of this expenditure is made up of the sum of ₦28,044,776,356.72 expended on personnel emolument, ₦26,278,286,219.32 on overhead cost, and the balance of ₦19,234,821,008 was expended on Capital Development projects and programmes in the state in the fiscal year.
Government has proposed to spend the sum of ₦114,514,104,500.00, on Capital Expenditure in the 2024 fiscal year.
The Governor expressed his appreciation and profound gratitude to the people of Adamawa State for giving him support. and to the security Agents in the state for the maintenance of peace, the efforts of traditional and religious leaders who are in the forefront of preaching peaceful coexistence and tolerance in the entire state.
Mr Martin Amaewhule (Obio/Akpor 1), the factional Speaker of the Rivers House of Assembly, has accused Gov. Siminialayi Fubara of planning to demolish the residential quarters of the state House of Assembly.
Amaewhule made the remark in Port Harcourt in reaction to the governor’s recent inspection visit to the assembly residential quarters.
Fubara had told newsmen during the visit that he wanted to acsertain the state of the facility for possible rehabilitation.
Meanwhile, Amaewhule described the visit as ‘unannounced and an invasion’ on the residential premises of Rivers assemblymen.
”His plan is to demolish the quarters the way he did to some parts of the state assembly complex in 2023,” he said.
The factional speaker said that the governor’s move was purely political because the Rivers assembly residential quarter was still the best in the country.
”The residential quarters were built by the administration of former Gov. Nyesom Wike in 2022.
”There’s nothing wrong with the buildings. They are in perfect condition. We have not called on the governor for any form of help.
“The governor’s undue interference is one that is unbecoming of a sitting governor who is supposed to uphold the sanctity of the law,” he said
Amaewhule further accused Fubara of always carrying out actions that were against democratic norms and principles.
”His actions show that he had declared war on all politically elected people in the state,” he said.(NAN)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the 27 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers at the Rivers House of Assembly can’t impeach Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, because they are no longer members of the House.
Mr Debo Ologunagba, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, said this at a new conference on Wednesday in Abuja.
Ologunagba said that the directive by the state APC chapter for the lawmakers to commence impeachment proceedings against the governor was in vain.
He said that the APC lawmakers had since vacated their seats at the House, by virtue of Section 109 (1) (g) of the 1999 Constitution.
“The lawmakers claiming to be APC members lost their seats after their defection from the PDP, the political party platform on which they were elected into the House.
“For emphasis, Section 109 (1) (g) of the 1999 Constitution provides that: a member of a House of Assembly shall vacate his seat in the House if … (g) being a person whose election to the House of Assembly was sponsored by a political Party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected.
“It should be noted that Section 109 (1) (g) of the Constitution is self-executory. The import of this provision is that the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, who defected, have vacated their seat by reason of that defection,” he said.
Ologunagba advised APC to come to terms with the fact that Rivers was home to PDP and that the people of the state were not ready to leave the party.(NAN)
By Eze Okechukwu, Abuja
Senators yesterday during plenary continued complaining about their renovated chamber, with the Senate Chief Whip, Mohammed Ali Ndume at one point describing the reconfigured chamber as a Conference Room.Recall that a week ago, bickerings about sitting arrangements led to a rowdy session which lasted for about 15 minutes, eventually forcing the Senate into executive session.
However, issues over alleged inadequacies in the Chamber once again took center stage yesterday during plenary when Senator Ali Ndume, through Order 42 of the Senate Standing rules pointed out that what was supposed to be a Chamber had been turned into a conference hall, stressing that was unacceptable. ”Mr President, I rise to make disturbing observations on this supposedly renovated chamber through order 42 that deals with personal privileges.”Since day one, precisely last week Tuesday when we moved into this Chamber that is supposed to have been renovated, there have been complaints here and there.”First was on sitting arrangements, followed by the echoing of voices by microphones that are not even audible. No voting device and the required facilities are not yet provided.”We need to correct all these anomalies for the Hallowed Chamber to be what it is supposed to be,” he said.Aligning with Ndume’s observations, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio said the observations were well noted and the point of Order upheld.He however explained to Ndume that complaints on sitting arrangements among Senators have been sorted out 99.9%, reminding him that the contract for the renovation work was not done by the 10th National Assembly.”This is not our contract and not even the National Assembly contract but that of the Federal Capital Development Authority ( FCDA), the landlord of the National Assembly Complex.”Observations on inadequacies in the renovated chamber are welcome from time to time for required perfection but what we should be aiming at in the long run is for us, as federal lawmakers, to have proper autonomy on the National Assembly Complex and not continue as tenants of FCDA,” he said.
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