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The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, on Tuesday, presented a budget of N213.9billion to the State Assembly for the 2021 fiscal year for consideration and passage.
This figure is N46.69 bn higher than the N167 billion budgeted for 2020 which was later reduced to N129.8 bn due to dwindling oil revenues occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mohammed had on 9th November, 2020, signed a supplementary budget of N42.8 bn which was earlier passed by the Assembly on Friday, 6th November, 2020.
He said the 2021 budget, christened: “Budget of Consolidation” is made up of capital expenditure of N120.7bn while the recurrent expenditure is made up of N93. 197bn.
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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has lamented the state of insecurity in the country.
He said that the regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and the All Progressives Congress have “thrown the country into confusion, grieve, pain, and sorrow”.
He stated this during the inauguration of four roads in Bauchi State worth N13.6 billion, alongside Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal.
Secondus called on Buhari to immediately secure the release of the 330 abducted schoolboys in his home state, Katsina.
He said, “Today is one day that we never looked up to. It is a moment of confusion, grief, and pain and sorrow in our dear country.
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Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said he is under pressure to probe former administrations particularly his predecessor, Mohammed Abubakar.
He also stated that former governors in the state will be buried politically because of the legacies he will leave behind at the end of his administration.
He stated these in his speech at the flag-off of the construction of four roads by the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, and Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Wednesday in Bauchi.
Mohammed said, “People have been asking me where I have been getting the money with which I am executing projects, there is a lot of resources in government coffers and in the government treasury. The only thing that we are not doing is the judicious use of this money and to make sure that this money is not being carried away by selfishness.