The Oyo State House of Assembly
on Thursday commenced the review of the over N285 billion budget approved for
2019 fiscal year by the immediate past Governor of the state, Senator Abiola
Ajimobi.
The move to slash the budget
followed the second reading of the Oyo State Appropriation and Finance bills
2019 during the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr. Adebo Ogundoyin.
It was gathered that Ajimobi,
had on Monday, 31st December, 2918 presented a proposed budget of two hundred
and eighty-five billion naira (N285,000,000,000.00) for the 2019 fiscal year to
the State House of Assembly.
But, his successor, Mr. Seyi
Makinde, is seeking a reduction of the 2019 budget by forty percent, putting
the new proposed figure at N171 billion, as against the one earlier earmarked
for the year under review.
The bills, which passed through
second reading at the plenary were later referred to the House Committee on
Public Account, Finance and Appropriation.
Ogundoyin while justifying the
proposal, said the 2019 budget is an inherited bill which does not really
represent the direction the present government intends to go and the agenda it
plans to pursue.
He urged members of the House
Committee on public account, finance and appropriation to critically review the
budget in line with the vision of the present administration.
The Deputy Speaker, Abiodun
Fadeyi, Majority Leader, Sanjo Adedoyin and the Minority Leader, Asimiyu
Alarape in their contributions called for adequate review of funds allocated to
various Ministries, Departments, Parastatals and Agencies of government in the
said budget.
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