Jigawa govt clarifies report of zero spending on education in Q1 2026

The Jigawa State Government has rejected reports that it recorded zero expenditure connected acquisition successful the archetypal 4th of 2026, saying it spent N29.19 cardinal connected the assemblage during the period.

The authorities Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Babangida Umar, stated this portion briefing newsmen successful his office, describing the reported zero expenditure fig arsenic inconsistent with the state’s authoritative fiscal records.

The clarification followed a study by TheCable titled, “Kano, Lagos, and Delta led states successful acquisition spending successful Q1 2026,” which indicated that Jigawa recorded nary expenditure connected acquisition during the period.

According to the commissioner, the Jigawa State 2026 Q1 Budget Performance Report shows that the authorities had an archetypal acquisition fund of N231.77 cardinal for the twelvemonth and recorded existent expenditure of N29.19 cardinal successful the archetypal quarter, representing 12.6 per cent performance.

He said the expenditure was captured nether “Function 709 – Education” successful the authoritative fund show report.

Umar explained that the expenditure covered assorted levels and areas of education, including pre-primary and primary, secondary and tertiary education, arsenic good arsenic different education-related services.

He said N10.17 cardinal was spent connected pre-primary and superior education, portion N3.64 cardinal was spent connected secondary acquisition and N...