El-Rufai (File Photo)
The Kaduna State Government has held a town hall meeting
over a draft of the 2021 budget to get the input of citizens of the
state on aspects they want to be addressed.
According to the Commissioner for Planning and Budget, Thomas
Gyang, the state government is proposing to spend N237billion in
the draft estimate for 2021 of which N157.56bn is capital and
N79.96bn recurrent expenditure.
Gyang also disclosed that the 2021 budget, tagged ‘Budget of
Discovery’, takes into account the economic impact of COVID-19 and
the continuing uncertainty it has unleashed on the economy.
Speaking further, he also disclosed that despite the challenges
posed by the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, the state government
has been able to record about 85 per cent in the implementation of
the 2020 budget.
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