• Okowa signs N390.3b appropriation bill into law
Infrastructure development and education got a big chunk of allocation as Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, yesterday presented his 2019 budget to the House of Assembly.
The N152.7 billion budget, tagged: ‘Budget of Hope’ was lower than the N179.2billion budgeted for the outgoing year.The governor, who said he would build on the giant strides of former Governor Rauf Aregbesola, promised to give priority to agriculture, healthcare and provision of water in the rural area.
He told the lawmakers that “the era of payment of modulated salaries and allowances and other benefits has become a thing of the past, as workers and pensioners are now collecting their full salaries.”
Oyetola said the state would pursue an Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of N36 billion at “a minimum N3 billion monthly” out of the projected total revenue of N150billion.
The fiscal plan is heavy on the side of capital projects, which got…
