Sokoto State Governor Tambuwal Presents 2016 Budget
The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, presented N174.35 billion Naira budget today Wednesday December 30th 2015 for the 2016 which education is getting the biggest sectoral allocation of 29 percent. When presenting the report before the State House of Assembly, Tambuwal revealed that the sum of N123.8 billion Naira has been set aside for Capital expenditure while N50.5 billion Naira has been set aside for Recurrent expenditure. He said education got the largest allocation in order to underscore his recent policy of declaration of state of emergency in the sector. He said "The policy thrust of the Budget is to ensure sustainable development of the State by focusing on the critical sectors of investment in Education, Health Agriculture, Environment Solid Minerals and Rural Development. The Budget will also pay adequate attention to the implementation of various intervention programmes in the area of reducing poverty; to address critical targets of Sustainab...