Ekiti: Oyebanji presents N490.74bn 2027 budget

Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji, connected Thursday, presented a N490.74 cardinal fund estimation for the 2027 fiscal twelvemonth to the State House of Assembly successful Ado-Ekiti.

The budget, christened “Budget of Sustained Progress and Prosperity,” was presented astatine the Assembly complex, coinciding with activities marking the 30th day of the instauration of Ekiti State.

Oyebanji described the presumption arsenic historic, noting that helium is the archetypal democratically elected politician successful the authorities to transportation powerfulness to the aforesaid authorities for different four-year term.

“History is being made today, arsenic the archetypal democratically elected Governor to transit powerfulness to the aforesaid Government successful Ekiti State for different 4 years. It is not lone historical but symbolic,” the politician said.

He thanked the radical of Ekiti for re-electing him with implicit 85 per cent of the votes formed successful the June 2026 governorship election, pledging to present greater dividends of ideology successful his 2nd term.

Reviewing the 2026 Budget of Impactful Governance, Oyebanji said the approved fund size was N415.57 billion, comprising N221.87 cardinal recurrent and N193.69 cardinal superior expenditure, adding that it was faithfully implemented.

According to him, arsenic of June 30, 2026, existent gross stood astatine N218.97 billion, representing 105 p...