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Delta Assembly passes 2025 appropriation bill, raises it by N43.2bn
The Delta State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the 2025 appropriation bill of N979.2 billion.
The passage of the bill followed the adoption of a report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation presented by its chairman, Mrs. Marilyn Okowa-Daramola, at the plenary in Asaba.
In her presentation, Okowa-Daramola noted that N348.7 billion was set aside for recurrent expenditure and N630.4 billion for capital expenditure.
She said the approved budget was N43.2 billion higher than the N936 billion Governor Sheriff Oborevwori presented to the Assembly on November 14.
The lawmaker said: “The committee also recommended that the Capital Expenditure estimate of N587.3 billion be amended to read N630.4 billion.
“This represents an increase of N43.1 billion or 7.34 percent increase over the proposed capital expenditure budget.”
She recommended that the 2025 appropriation bill should be monitored for effective implementation.
The report of the committee was unanimously adopted at the Committee of Supply chaired by the Speaker, Dennis Guwor.
Consequently, the Majority Leader of the Assembly, Mr. Emeka Nwaobi, moved a motion for the third reading and passage of the bill.
The Minority Leader, Mr. Edafe Emakpor, seconded the motion when put to a voice vote by the speaker.
The speaker commended the lawmakers for their commitment to the early passage of the appropriation bill.
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