The Executive Chairman of Jos East Local Government Council, Chief Markus Usaini Nyam lays the 2025 Budget estimate of over six Billion Naira before the Legislative Arm for scrutiny.
Presenting the proposed total budget estimate of Six Billion Two Hundred and Forty Nine million, Three Hundred and Sixty Five Naira (N6,249,338,665:00) only for the 2025 fiscal year to the Legislature Council, on Monday, the Executive Chirman revealed that the proposed bill is tagged "Citizens Budget" which focuses on completion of ongoing projects and design for new ones.
Markus Nyam further said, the break down shows that N3,053,338,165, Three Billion, fifty three million, Three hundred and thirty Eight thousand, one hundred and sixty five Naira, only, is earmarked for recurrent expenditure, which account for 43.6% of the total budget.
He pointed out that the remaining N3,196,000:00. Three Billion, one hundred and ninety six million Naira is allocated for capital expenditure, constituting (51.2%).
Nyam further stressed that the Council will no longer depend on Federal allocation and however, highlighted the need for improve internally
generated revenue in order to achieve the targets through concerted synergy with Traditional and Community leaders as well as other stakeholders towards enhancing the revenue profile of the Area.
The Chairman, Therefore, called upon the Legislature to accord timely perusal to the appropriation bill to enable early implementation, in other to improve the living standard of the citizenry. In other to consolidate on the achievements of the previous years and address future chanllenges
Responding, Leader of the Legislative Arm, Luka James Idoh, while commending the cordial working relationship between the Executive and the Legislature, assured that the law makers will immediately swing into action of scrutinizing the document to enable prompt passage into law.
