The Ogun State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the year 2025 appropriation bill of N1,054,542,020,147 during plenary presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Oludaisi Elemide which was presented by Governor Dapo Abiodun, about three weeks ago.
Penpushing reports that the passed bill has a slight adjustments in the recurrent expenditures of about 21 agencies, while the capital expenditures of five agencies were also slightly adjusted, alongside the revenue targets of two agencies.
The appropriation bill passage followed the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation by its Chairman, Hon. Musefiu Lamidi, who thereafter moved the motion for its adoption, seconded by his Deputy, Hon. Wahab Haruna, and supported by the whole House
Penpushing further reports that the bill was later read and adopted clause by clause before the Committee of the Whole House, after which the motion for the third reading was moved by the Majority Leader, Yusuf Sheriff, seconded by the Minority Leader, Lukman Adeleye, and supported by all the lawmakers through a unanimous voice vote, while the Clerk/Head of the Legislative Service, Mr. Sakiru Adebakin, read the bill for the third time before the lawmakers.
The agencies that had their budget proposals adjusted included the Ministry of Budget and Planning, which had its estimate increased from N1.475 billion to N1.902 billion, giving an increase of N427 million; while that of the Ministry of Community Development and Cooperatives was also increased from N1.780 billion to N2.499 billion, giving an increment of N719 million.
Penpushing also reports that others, like the Ministry of Health, were increased from N3.806 billion to N4.116 billion, with Teaching Service Commission’s budget proposal moved from N34.412 billion to N35.912 billion, while that of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) moving from N1.347 billion to N1.372 billion; and State Hospital, Sokenu Abeokuta, also got an addition from N3.208 billion to N3.348 billion.
The Ogun State Security Network (Amotekun) in the same vein had its budget proposal increased from N765 million to N1.575 billion; while that of the Environment Protection Agency moved from N252 million to N262 million, as well as the Library Board’s budget proposal, amongst others, increased from N147 million to N177 million.
Penpushing reports that the Speaker, thereafter, directed that the clean copy of the bill be forwarded to the Governor for his assent.
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