The Jigawa House of Assembly has passed a N58 billion supplementary estimate for the 2025 fiscal year.

The legislation followed the adoption of a report by the House Committee on Appropriations at the plenary on Thursday.

Chairman of the committee, Ibrahim Hamza-Adamu, said the supplementary budget arose from expected additional revenues accruing to the state from the federation account.

“The 2025 Appropriation Law appropriated the sum of N698,300,000,000 only for the recurrent and capital expenditure programme of the state during the 2025 fiscal year.

“With additional N58,000,000,000 of the supplementary appropriation budget, the total appropriation for the year will now be N756,300,000,000 only,” he said.

Mr Hamza-Ibrahim urged the House to adopt effective oversight to ensure utilisation of the allocated funds in the approved areas.

The deputy speaker, Sani Isiyaku, who presided over the plenary, put the motion to a vote, and it was subsequently adopted unanimously by the members.

The parliament approved the N689.3 billion Appropriation Bill for 2025 on December 31, 2024.

The budget, tagged ‘Budget of Innovation and Transformation for Greater Jigawa’, comprises N90.7 billion in personnel costs, N70 billion in recurrent expenditure, and N537 billion in capital expenditure.

The lawmakers also approved N17 billion for the 27 local government areas.

(NAN)