Gov Bello presents N159.5b to Niger Assembly

The Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, has presented a N159.52
billion 2019 budget to the state House of Assembly in Minna.

The proposal, tagged: "Budget of Sustenance and Continuity" is 5.43
per cent higher than the 2018 budget.

A breakdown of the budget showed that N96.20 billion, representing
60.31 per cent was allocated for capital expenditure, while N63.324
billion, 39.69 per cent, was provided for recurrent expenditure.

The administration sector was allocated N8.755 billion; economic
sector, N56.032 billion; social sector, N29.876 billion; and law and
justice, N1.540 billion, all from the capital expenditure.

Bello noted that the 2019 estimate would focus mainly on completion of
ongoing projects that have direct bearing on lives of the citizens.

He cited projects in the areas of infrastructure, education, water
resources, agriculture and social development, to stimulate economic
growth through investment inflows.