Governor Bello to sign 2021 budget today »

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello is set sign into law the 2021 budget for the state today being Wednesday, December 30th, 2020, InsideStory has confirmed.

Recall that the state House of Assembly yesterday passed the appropriation bill tagged Budget of accelerated recovery for 2021 after a rigorous scrutiny following all the legal stages.

The budget has a total of over N74bn as recurrent expenditure while N56bn goes to capital expenditure.

The thematic areas of the bill and allocated monies include education sector with over N21bn, security with over N12bn, health with over N17bn, infrastructure with over N21bn, human capital development with over N21bn while agriculture will get over N8bn.

The budget is expected to address the basic infrastructural need, ensure the smooth administrative running of government services and drive the economic recovery of the state.

The signing is expected to take place at the Exco Chamber of the Kogi State Government House in Lokoja.