Get Guardian on GoogleThe Edo State House of Assembly has passed 2026 Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N939,850,000,000, presented to the House by Governor Monday Okpebholo for consideration.
The passage followed the presentation of the report of the House Standing Committee on Appropriation, Budget and Project Monitoring, chaired by Fada Eigbiremonlen, member representing Esan Central Constituency.
The House dissolved into the Committee of Supply, where it considered and approved the report.
Under the Supplementary Appropriation Bill, capital expenditure gulps N588,324,843,804.66 (Five Hundred and Eighty-Eight Billion, Three Hundred and Twenty-Four Million, Eight Hundred and Forty-Three Thousand, Eight Hundred and Four Naira, Sixty-Six Kobo), while recurrent expenditure takes N351,525,156,195.34 (Three Hundred and Fifty-One Billion, Five Hundred and Twenty-Five Million, One Hundred and Fifty-Six Thousand, One Hundred and Ninety-Five Naira, Thirty-Four Kobo).
After passage, the Speaker, Yekini Idaiye, directed the Clerk of the House, Alhaji Yahaya Omogbai, to transmit clean copies of the Bill to Governor Monday Okpebholo for assent.
