Jigawa Executive Council approves review of 2026 budget

The Jigawa State Executive Council has approved a reappraisal of the 2026 Appropriation Law and the projected supplementary fund to bespeak prevailing gross realities and emerging expenditure priorities.

The Commissioner for Information, Youths, Sports and Culture, Sagir Musa Ahmed, disclosed this portion briefing journalists connected the result of the State Executive Council gathering held connected Monday.

He said the reappraisal became indispensable pursuing changes successful the state’s gross outlook, including adjustments to superior gross sources and the reversal of savings antecedently projected from immoderate expenditure lines.

The commissioner added that caller and emerging expenditure priorities requiring authorities attraction besides necessitated the review.

According to him, the revised 2026 fund and supplementary fund would beryllium forwarded to the Jigawa State House of Assembly for information and legislative approval.

He said the improvement was portion of the government’s efforts to align its spending plans with existent fiscal realities and guarantee that disposable resources were directed towards precedence areas of development.

It was reported that Governor Umar Namadi had signed the 2026 Appropriation Bill into law, with a full fund of implicit N901 billion.

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