TODAY
January 14, 2021
A mother and her two children have been burnt to death in a fire disaster that occurred in Riban Garmu village, Dewu Ward in Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
Four others also sustained varying degrees of injuries.
An eyewitness who refused to give his name said that the fire was suspected to be as a result of an electrical fault in the house which burnt it down.
He said, “We suspect that there was a spark in the night while people were asleep and that might have caused the fire which burnt the four-bedroom house completely.
Bauchi, Dec, 29, 2020
The Bauchi State House of Assembly, on Tuesday passed the state’s N213.9billion Appropriation Bill for 2020.
Naija247news reports that the amount is N46.7 billion higher than that of 2020 which was
N167.2 billion.
Naija247news reports that Gov. Bala Muhammed on Dec. 15, presented N213.9 billion appropriation estimate for 2021 to the House of Assembly tagged, “Budget of Fulfillment and Consolidation”.
The Speaker of the assembly, Mr Abubakar Sulaiman, who read the contents of the budget clause by clause said N93, 197, 307 or 44 per cent of the budget will be set aside for recurrent expenditure.
He also said that N120,717,468,313 or 56 per cent would be for capital expenditure.