Gov. Muhammadu Bindow of Adamawa
has said that his administration will give priority attention to empowerment in
2018.
Bindow gave the assurance on Thursday
while signing the 2018 budget of N177.9 billion at a ceremony in Government
House, Yola.
“In line with our budget of Hope
and Empowerment, this administration will do stomach infrastructure next year,”
Bindow said.
Bindow lauded the state assembly
for speedy passage of the budget, adding that this was the first time in the
state that budget would be approved in good time.
He said that to facilitate
transformation, particularly at the grassroots, his administration approved
N500 million to be shared by the 25 members of the house of assembly for
constituency projects.
“If you recall I once approved N1
billion for constituency projects for the lawmakers, this time around its N500
million.
“We have legislators who are
serious and this administration is ready to work with them to transform the
state.”
Bindow said that his
administration was also committed to boosting the state Internally Generated
Revenue and had so far jerked it up by over 100 per cent.
He commended workers in the state
for showing support and understanding to the administration in the face of
financial challenges.
He added that the administration
had settled most of the seven months arrears owed local government workers it
inherited from past administration.
The Speaker of the assembly,
Alhaji Kabiru Mijinyawa, lauded the cordial relationship between the
legislature and executive which he said facilitated the speedy passage of the
budget.
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