Economic, social sub-sectors gulp 72% of Oyo 2018 budget

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Governor Abiola Ajimobi

Mr Abimbola Adekanmbi, the Oyo State Commissioner for Finance and Budget, on Monday said the  economic and social sub-sectors took  72.27 per cent of the 2018 Appropriation Bill sent  to the  House of Assembly.

Adekanmbi said  this in Ibadan while presenting an analysis of  the fiscal proposal.

Gov. Abiola Ajimobi had on Dec. 14, 2017, presented  a N267 billion Appropriation Bill  to the assembly.

The commissioner said  N46.62 billion was for  the economic sector,  25.65 billion for   Social Services  Sector; N7.6 billion for  General Administration while  N880million was devoted  to Law and Justice Sector.

“The 2017 budget did not perform as expected, but we are hopeful that the 2018 will be much better,’’ he added.

Adekanmbi said that the budgetary allocation to the sectors underscored the state government’s determination to…



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