Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Wednesday signed 2022 budget, assuring residents of the state that the N278.58bn budget will be faithfully implemented to advance public welfare and develop human capital and infrastructure.
Of the total budget, N184.53 billion (66%) was for capital expenditure and N94.05 billion (37%) for recurrent expenses.
With N89.67bn, the social subsector has 49% of the capital budget, the largest sectoral allocation.
Capital allocations in the social sub-sector are Education (N41.66bn), Health (N28.63bn) and Social Development (N19.37bn).
Capital budget allocation for public works and infrastructure is N28.94bn, and N8.79bn for housing and urban development.
The signing ceremony, held in the Council Chambers of Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, was attended by the Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Yusuf Zailani and principal officers of the legislature, commissioners and other aides of the governor.
Speaking at the event, El-Rufai said he was very pleased that for the seventh consecutive year, Kaduna State is signing its appropriation bill into law well ahead of the first day of January.
He commended the Kaduna State House of Assembly for its thorough work on the draft budget estimates, disclosing that the House of Assembly increased the budget size from the N233bn proposed by the executive to N278.58bn to accommodate more project requests.
