Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku has on Friday presented the 2021 budget to the State House of Assembly for consideration.
The budget estimate for the year is N139,460,435,961 and was tagged “Budget of Restoration and Stabilization’’.
While presenting the budget to the House, the governor stated that prudent management of resources, accountability and transparency are his watch words. According to him, the recurrent expenditure was N82,910,048,650 while capital expenditure was N56,550,387,310, adding that the 2021 spending was lower than the 2020 budget by N76 billion.
Ishaku further disclosed that his giant strides on the principle of transparency, accountability and citizens’ participation in governance has earned Taraba state membership of the Nigeria Open Governance (OGP).
Speaking on behalf of the House, the Speaker, Dr. Joseph Albasu Kunini, assured the Governor and Tarabans of their maximum cooperation to see that the budget came to a reality by ensuring that the House deliberate and pass the budget into law for onward assent by the governor, reiterating that the cordial relationship between the executive and the legislature has stabilized and brought development to the state.