Kwara Assembly passes 2021 budget with additional N14bn The budget consists of 51 per cent recurrent expenditure and 49 per cent capital expenditure Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq had presented the fiscal proposal to the House late last year. In the proposed N123 billion budget, Mr AbdulRazaq said the government was prioritising the new national minimum wage, cash-backed promotion for workers, tech-driven reforms in the education sector and other social investments. PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the governor later asked the lawmakers to increase the budget to N134.9 billion. On Thursday, the lawmakers reviewed the budget even higher to N137.6 billion, according to a statement by the media aide to the Speaker, Ibrahim Sheriff.