Ibrahim DankwamboGovernor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State has explained that the sum of N104.9b estimate contained in the 2018 budget of the state is aimed at securing the future social wellbeing of Gombe people.
The governor noted that while N52, 934, 870, 132.00 is earmarked for capital expenditure, N51, 987, 602, 173.00 is for recurrent expenditure, stressing that the budget was planned in line with consciousness about the harrowing experiences and economic challenges the nation went through in 2017.
In a statement made available to The Guardian by the Governor’s assistant on communications, Abu Ubaida, the governor said that education has been receiving the largest chunk of the state’s budget, pointing out that it was deliberate to make the state rank as the most exemplary in education.
He disclosed that in the 2018 fiscal year also, education received the sum of N4, 761, 994, 669.00 as investment in secondary education and N26, 670, 052, 000.00 for investment in the higher education sub-sector.
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