File photoGovernor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state on Monday, signed the 2018 budget of N216.55 billion into law, with a promise to complete all ongoing projects and initiating new ones.
The document tagged: “Budget of Consolidation” is made up of N85.44 billion in recurrent expenditure and N131.1billion in capital expenditure.
While signing the Appropriation Bill into law at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House, Kaduna, the governor said the largest chunk of N51.4bn of the budget will be spent on the social sector, comprising education, health and social development, in line with the restoration programme of his administration.
According to him, the appropriation is consistent with his administration’s restoration agenda to spend more on the people than on running the government.
He said the government must shed weight by cutting down unnecessary expenses and blocking financial leakages in order to effectively implement the budget.
El-Rufai Signs 2018 Budget Into Law
