The governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri on Monday, December 16, presented the 2025 appropriation bill to the State’s House of Assembly.
Presenting the N486.2 billion budget tagged, “Budget of Service”, Fintiri said the bull is in line with the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP).
According to the governor, 28.23 per cent of the 2025 appropriation bill has been earmarked for recurrent services.
The percentage amounts to N137.2 billion of the total budget.
Also, N348.9 billion which is 71.77 per cent of the total projected annual budget has also been earmarked for capital development programmes and services in the state.
Speaking further, Fintiri noted that his administration would work in tune with the policies and directives of the government at the national level on International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and now (SABER).
He also assured the people of the state of prudence and accountability in the implementation of the budget once approved.
He said, “As an administration, we have purposefully assessed our projected revenue so as to place our priorities right and our expenditure proportionate to what is economically realistic.”