Kano state Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has presented a budget estimate of N350 billion for the 2024 fiscal year to the state’s House of Assembly.
Yusuf, who made the presentation on Friday said out of the total estimate budget of N350,250,320,798 billion, the sum of N215,822,194,821.25 billion was earmarked for capital projects while the sum of N134,428,125,977 billion had been approved for recurrent expenditure.
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Out of the budget, tagged “Budget of Restoration and Transformation”, the governor said, education sector took the lion share of the budget with N95,389,577,399.00 allocated to it.
The sector allocation are listed as follows:
Education N95.3 billion
Health: N51.4 billion
Works N40.4 billion
Physical Planning N5.1 billion
Transport N4.8 billion
Agriculture N11 billion
Justice N11 billion
Water Resources N13.4 billion
Women and Youths N8.9 billion
Sanitation and Climate action N8.9 billion
Administration sector N45.1
