THE Adamawa State Governor, Muhammad Umaru Jibrilla, has presented a proposed budget of N120,126,857,430.00 for the year 2016.

The budget, which was tagged “Budget of Social Change”, is for both recurrent and capital expenditure.

Presenting the Appropriation Bill on the floor of the House, Governor Jibrilla said that N60,056,234,030.00 is for Recurrent Expenditure while N60,070,622,400.00 would be for capital expenditure.

The governor explained that physical infrastructure, such as roads, agricultural development, health, as well as provision of potable water, would be the core area of attention.

Others include education, security of lives and property.

Governor Jibrilla, who further stated that his government would focus on job creation, poverty alleviation, resettlement of IDPs and social integration, thanked the House for their support and urged them to synergise with the Executive to enhance development.

In the same vein, Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State yesterday presented a N88.93 billion appropriation bill to the state House of Assembly for the 2016 fiscal year.

Tagged budget of “reconstruction and self-reliance,” the document was 10 per cent higher than last year’s estimates of N80.6 billion.

Gaidam said this year’s policy thrust was to strengthen existing structures capable of moving the state in the direction of economic growth and development.

According to the breakdown, recurrent expenditure gulps N47.79 billion while N41.14 billion went to capital expenditure.

The governor disclosed that the budget would be financed from the internally generated revenue (IGR) of N3.59 billion and statutory allocations of N38.5 billion, including SURE-P, Value Added Tax (VAT) and internal loans of N35.58 billion.

On the increase, Gaidam said: “Our decision to increase our budget proposal is to enable us get more funds to execute more projects aimed at improving the quality of life of citizens. It is also based on the optimism that our financial situation would improve for the better in the years ahead.”

“Other areas that will be given serious attention include avoidance of unnecessary expenditures and waste by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). This will also plug revenue leakages, check corruption as well as prioritising our development needs,” the governor added.

Of the 13 economic and social sectors’ allocations, Works and Transport took the lion’s share of N18.924 billion while Education took N17.143 billion.

Health, Finance and Agriculture got N10.4 billion, N14.44 billion and N5.72 billion respectively.

Responding, the House Speaker, Alhaji Adamu Dala Dogo, assured that debate on the Appropriation Bill would be inclusive, participatory, and transparent.