By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
Governor Dauda has presented a budget estimate of N423,523,730,000.00 to the Zamfara State Assembly on Thursday.
The budget includes N118,134,730,000.00 for recurrent expenditure and N305,389,000,000.00 for capital expenditure. The theme of the 2024 Zamfara budget is “Rescue Budget.”
Governor Dauda said, “These revenues are based on multiple grant resources to make them fiscally realisable, coherent, and consistent with medium and long-term strategic plans.
Similarly, the year has a corresponding expenditure outlay of N118,134,730,000.00 for the recurrent component and N305,389,000,000.00 for the capital component.
My administration’s Rescue Budget has considered the current situation in Zamfara State and has made detailed provisions to address the people’s immediate needs.
The budget plans to implement the following projects in the year 2024: Continuation of Urban Renewal Programme; construction of 17 kilometres Mallamawa to Bukkuyum road, Bukkuyum to birnin zauma to Gummi road, Maradun to Makera road.
Damri to Aje Wargi to Dakko to Rafin Gyero to Barayar Zaki to Nasarawar Burkullu road; Maradun to Magami to Faru Road; Magami-Dangulbi-Dankurmi-Bagega to Anka road among others.