2025 Sokoto budget
17 Dec
The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the state’s 2025 Appropriation Bill of N526.9 billion The bill was passed during the assembly’s plenary session after the Chairman, House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Alhaji Abdullahi Zakari (APC-Rabah), presented the committee’s report. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gov. Ahmed Aliyu presented…
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