Gov. Ahmad Aliyu has presented the 2025 state appropriation bill amounting to N526,882,142,484.39.
The budget, tagged “Transformation and Infrastructural Sustainability Budget,” focuses more on developmental projects.
The breakdown of the budget indicates that capital expenditure would gulp N349,386,540,354.25, while recurrent expenditure would take N176,295,602,130.14.
The governor said his administration would continue to emphasize infrastructural development in the state.
He also said that during the year under review, his administration had executed numerous people-oriented projects across the state in line with his Nine-Point Smart Agenda.
On the security challenges facing the state, the governor said over 130 patrol vehicles were procured and distributed to security agencies in the state to checkmate the nefarious activities of bandits.
He further said the state government has also set up the Guard Corps, provided them with 40 patrol vehicles and 700 motorcycles, and secured office accommodation for them at both state and local government levels.
On the issue of promoting Islamic affairs, he said the present administration had constructed and renovated many mosques, and provided them with boreholes, carpets, and solar systems for the comfort of worshippers.
“We have also introduced monthly cash allocation to 87 Juma’at mosques, amounting to N32,000,000 monthly.
“We also gave food and cash assistance to the Imams, Deputy Imams, and Muazzins, as well as Malaman Zaure and grassroots preachers across the state.
“We have also re-introduced the State Hisbah Board and equipped it with operational vehicles and office accommodation to address moral decadence and social vices in our society,” Aliyu added.
He also said that during the year under review, his administration had constructed and laid asphalt on over 30 township roads, which were commissioned, while an additional 40 road projects have reached an advanced stage of completion.
On the housing sector, the governor said that currently, 1,000 houses are under construction in Gidan Salanke and Wajake. He added that his administration had also purchased 137 housing units built by the Federal Government in the Kwannawa area.
Aliyu assured the people of the state of his administration’s commitment to making Sokoto better and appealed for support from all and sundry in that direction.
He commended the cordial relationship existing between the legislature and the executive arm, which he said led to the successes so far recorded.
Gov. Ahmad Aliyu has presented the 2025 state appropriation bill amounting to N526,882,142,484.39 to the Sokoto State House of Assembly.
The budget, tagged “Transformation and Infrastructural Sustainability Budget,” focuses more on developmental projects.
The breakdown of the budget indicates that capital expenditure would gulp N349,386,540,354.25, while recurrent expenditure would take N176,295,602,130.14.
The governor said his administration would continue to emphasise infrastructural development in the state.
He also said that during the year under review, his administration had executed numerous people-oriented projects across the state in line with his Nine-Point Smart Agenda.
On the security challenges facing the state, the governor said over 130 patrol vehicles were procured and distributed to security agencies in the state to checkmate the nefarious activities of bandits.
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He further said the state government has also set up the Guard Corps, provided them with 40 patrol vehicles and 700 motorcycles, and secured office accommodation for them at both state and local government levels.
On the issue of promoting Islamic affairs, he said the present administration had constructed and renovated many mosques, and provided them with boreholes, carpets, and solar systems for the comfort of worshippers.
“We have also introduced monthly cash allocation to 87 Juma’at mosques, amounting to N32,000,000 monthly.
“We also gave food and cash assistance to the Imams, Deputy Imams, and Muazzins, as well as Malaman Zaure and grassroots preachers across the state.
“We have also re-introduced the State Hisbah Board and equipped it with operational vehicles and office accommodation to address moral decadence and social vices in our society,” Aliyu added.
He also said that during the year under review, his administration had constructed and laid asphalt on over 30 township roads, which were commissioned, while an additional 40 road projects have reached an advanced stage of completion.
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On the housing sector, the governor said that currently, 1,000 houses are under construction in Gidan Salanke and Wajake. He added that his administration had also purchased 137 housing units built by the Federal Government in the Kwannawa area.
Aliyu assured the people of the state of his administration’s commitment to making Sokoto better and appealed for support from all and sundry in that direction.
He commended the cordial relationship existing between the legislature and the executive arm, which he said led to the successes so far recorded.
