A member of House of Assembly and Chairman, House Committee on Information, Culture and Tourism, Zanfara State, Hon. Amiru Ahmed Keta, has disclosed why the N4bn supplementary budget presented to the House by Governor, Dauda Lawal was approved.
The lawmaker, representing Tsafe West, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Gusau, the State capital.
Keta pointed out that the past administration abandoned a lot of developmental projects that have direct consequences on the people of the state.
“Immediately the committee on budget presented to the House the supplementary budget, we deliberated on it and did the needful, after first, second and third readings, we subsequently approved the said amount.
“The supplementary budget of over N4b is not much, considering that some other States proposed up to N20b as supplementary budget, but here in Zamfara State, it is just a minor supplementary budget.
“The State House of Assembly is working hand in hand with the executive arm of government in order to bring positive changes to the State.
“As you can see, our government has achieved a lot within the few months that we were elected into office,” he said.