Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on Friday signed into law the 2022 Abia State Government Appropriation Bill of N147, 282, 196, 200, becoming one of the states to sustain the January to December budget cycle.
According to the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Onyebuchi Omemanka, “this budget becomes effective, tomorrow, January 1st, 2022”.
The budget has a capital expenditure profile of N79,779,887,500 while recurrent expenditure has an outlay of N67,502,318, 700, according to the statement by Omemanka.
It will be recalled that the governor had on December 14, 2021, presented to the State Assembly an Appropriation Bill in the sum of N147, 787, 781.
During the signing ceremony, Gov Ikpeazu expressed his gratitude to the Speaker and members of the State House of Assembly for their display of patriotism in the expeditious review and passage of the Appropriation Bill.
While assuring the Assembly and the people of Abia State that he will be relentless in the implementation of this budget for the peace, order and welfare of the people of Abia State, said he guided his administration to implement its programmes for the year 2022 in record time.
The governor, therefore, tasked agencies of the state government with specific obligations in this budget to take their assignments very seriously.
In particular, he challenged revenue-earning agencies in the State to redouble their efforts and carry out their jobs with greater transparency and a deeper sense of patriotism.
