Kwara state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed presents N182bn 2018 budget

Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has presented a budget estimate of N181, 886, 056, 555.00 for the 2018 Financial Year.

Laying the budget before the lawmakers at the State House of Assembly on Wednesday, November 22nd, Governor Ahmed said the proposed budget reflects an increase of N15,781,009,150 or 9.5% compared to the 2017 Revised Appropriation.




Tagged “Budget of Sustained Growth and Prosperity”, the sum of N75,204,257,902 representing 41.3% is for recurrent expenditure, while total sum of N106,681,798,630 which represents 58.7% is earmarked for capital expenditure.

Governor Ahmed said the government recorded 71% implementation of the 2017 budget with modest achievements in key sectors despite the economic challenges.