Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has signed the Ondo State 2021 Appropriation Bill into law.
Endorsing the appropriation bill at his office in Akure, Governor Akeredolu expressed optimism that the new budget, tagged, “budget of hope” would move the state forward
Governor Akeredolu lamented that covid-19 pandemic had greatly dragged the state’s revenue backwards and urged the residents to abide by all protocols put in place to contain the spread of the dreaded virus.
The governor maintained that twenty-one percent of the budget would go for the ongoing projects while nineteen percent would be spent on education especially the technical and technological aspects for economic reactivation
To rekindle the hope of the State, governor Akeredolu pledged to lay the foundations of befitting government house for the governor, deputy governor, Speaker and the Chief Judge
Earlier, the speaker of the house, Mr Bamidele Oleyeloogun said the appropriation bill received on the 27th of last month undergone thorough screening by the members of the house of Assembly
Mr Oleyeloogun hinted that the provision had however been increased from one hundred and seventy billion naira to one hundred and seventy four billion , eight hundred and seventy-three million, three hundred and five thousand, five hundred and twenty five naira, thirty kobo.
