Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has signed the 2024 Appropriation bill of NN395, 257,000,000.00 into law.
Aiyedatiwa presented a budget proposal of N385bn but the lawmakers hiked it with N10bn after meeting with all MDAs.
The budget represented 56.23% of Capital Expenditure and 43.77% to cover the Recurrent Expenditure.
Aiyedatiwa promised to sustain a cordial relationship with the Legislature as one of the good legacies of his predecessor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.
He said his administration would continue to improve on revenue drive and cut down on recurrent costs given the prevailing economic realities.
He said: “The focus of this Budget as said in my Budget Speech, is human capital development. Emphasis would also be placed on climate change, clean and sustainable environment, rural development, and food security while ongoing legacy infrastructural projects of our dear departed Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON would be completed.
“We would keep meeting salary, pension, and gratuity obligations to our serving and retired officers, as applicable.”
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