Oyo Assembly passes 2021 appropriation bill into law

The Oyo State House of Assembly has passed the 2021 appropriation bill of N273.7 billion naira into law. 

The passage of the state appropriation bill followed presentation of report by House Committee on Public Account, Finance and Appropriation during plenary.

It would be recalled that Governor Seyi Makinde had few weeks ago proposed a total budget of N266.6bn for 2021 fiscal year, which is now reviewed upward by the State House of Assembly to the sum of N273.7bn. 

Speaking with journalists shortly after passing of the appropriation bill, Chairman, House Committee on Public Account, Finance and Appropriation Mr Akeem Mustapha expressed optimism that the 2021 budget performance would be better than that of year 2020

Mr Mustapha explained that his committee jerked up the budget to accommodate some other government ministries and agencies to carry them along in the development drive of the state government, expressing hope that the state IGR was rapidly improving.

Earlier, Speaker of the House, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin expressed confidence that the legislative arm would monitor budget implementation to ensure the state got results in the coming year.

Mr Ogundoyin explained that the house did a thorough scrutiny of the budget and ensured that no part of the state was left behind.