Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has presented the 2025 budget of ₦790.43 billion to stakeholders for inputs before sending it to the state House of Assembly for deliberations.
The governor called on stakeholders across the state to make inputs into the budget proposal for inclusive governance.
The governor made this known at a townhall meeting held in Kaduna where civil society groups, professional associations and youth associations as well as women groups were present.
At the event, the governor said that “2025 shall be devoted to the consolidation of the progress so far made in opening up the rural areas through massive infrastructural development.
“That is why we tagged our proposed 2025 Budget ‘Sustaining Rural Transformation and Inclusive Development,’’ he said, adding that “we are also targeting the areas inhabited by the urban poor. Every citizen deserves to live a better life.”
Governor Uba Sani reminded the people that “at my inauguration as governor on May 29, 2023, I made a solemn pledge to our citizens to run an administration that will not shy away from taking tough decisions for the greater good of our people.
“I promised to undertake programmes and policies that will enhance productivity, encourage creativity and harness the rich diversity and cosmopolitan nature of our state.
“I further pledged that our programmes and policies shall be people-oriented. I shall run an all-inclusive government that will leave no one or any part of Kaduna State behind.
“In the last 18 months, we have committed ourselves to the rapid transformation of our rural communities through massive infrastructural development, revival and revitalization of the health and educational sectors, frontally fighting poverty, and strengthening our partnership with security forces to secure our dear state.”
Governor Sani said that his administration has recorded remarkable achievements in key sectors in the last 18 including improved security, infrastructural development and human capital development.
Giving highlights of the 2025 budget, the commissioner for Planning and Budget, Alhaji Muktar Ahmed disclosed that 26 percent was earmarked for Education and 16 percent proposed for Health, totaling 42 percent for the two critical sectors.
Ahmed said the Recurrent Expenditure, including Debt Service, stands at ₦248.2 billion while total Capital Expenditure is ₦542.19 billion.
