Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has signed into law the State’s 2026 appropriation bill of N545.2bn recenty passed by the State House of Assembly.
The Governor signed the budget proposal at Government House in Lafia, on Monday.
Sule while signing the budget tagged, “Budget of Strategic Consolidation”, commended the Speaker of the State Assembly, Rt Hon Danladi Jatau and other members of the Assembly for speedy passage of the State document.
He appreciated the synergy between the Executive and the Legislative arms and sued for its sustenance; reassuring that with the signing of the budget the State will witness more people’s oriented projects, programs and policies.
The Governor promised effective implementation of the budget and strict adherence to the budgetary provisions just as he used the occasion to call on stakeholders to contribute their best in realization of the dreams of the State founding fathers.
On his part, the Speaker, Hon Danladi Jatau described signing of the budget into law as significant in the history of the State.
He reassured of the commitment of the House under his watch to continue to champion things that will be of benefit to the State and his people.
“Today, is a special day again in the history of Nasarawa State, Your Excellency will recalled that on 26, of last month budget 2026 was presented before the House and we promised to pass it before the year runs out, and we passed it on 23rd of this month.
“The budget has passed through all legislative processes, committee exercise before passing into law” He said.
The Speaker called for more enhanced synergy and support among arms of government for the betterment of the State and its people.
Earlier, the State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Hajiya Munirat Abdullahi gave an overview of the budget and its breakdown.
She recalled that the Nasarawa State House of Assembly raised the 2026 budget by N27.6billion from N517.5 billion earlier presented by Gov Sule making the total budget size to be N545.2billion.
” The Capital Expenditure is N316.265,270,661.07 billion and Recurrent Expenditure is N228.717,880,249.07 billion respectively,” she said.
