Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Friday signed the over N202 billion 2023 Appropriation Bill into law alongside three other executive bills.
Bala Mohammed, while signing the budget at the EXCO chamber of the Government House, said that the appropriation bill came out without many changes apart from some adjustments normally done by the state assembly to ensure parity, equity, justice and state character in the distribution of resources.
The governor commended the Bauchi State House of Assembly for the timely scrutiny of the document and its approval.
Bala said that the sum of N202,641,558,614.46, which he recently presented to the House of Assembly for consideration and approval, has been brought to him for assent after thorough scrutiny.
“The document came out in a record time because we took it to the [Bauchi] House of Assembly on the 15th November and because of the improvement that I noticed, is coming out on the 9th of December,â€
