The Anambra State House of Assembly has passed the state’s 2024 Appropriation Bill of N410 billion into law.
The approval came on Thursday, a month after Governor Chukwuma Soludo presented the bill to the House.
The passage of the Appropriation Bill followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation during plenary on Thursday.
Chairman of the committee, Mr Ejike Okechukwu, while presenting the report, said the budget size be retained as presented by the governor.
He said the capital expenditure was pegged at N313,930,288,526 (77 per cent) and the recurrent expenditure which was N96,201,936,746, (23 per cent) remained the same as presented.
“We organised and invited the heads of ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs), for bilateral discussions and thorough scrutiny of the 2024 Budget.
“After the review, we had few changes and adjustments based on the needs of the different MDAs but they still fit into the budget heads.”
The Speaker of the House, Dr Somtochukwu Udeze, hailed the committee for the thorough scrutiny of the budget and conducted a voice vote for the adoption of the report.
