Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has presented a proposed 2025 budget worth N549,160,417,663.00 billion to the state lawmakers.
The budget presentation was given by the governor on Friday.
He explained that his government’s priorities for 2025 are human capital and infrastructure development.
Budget distribution
According to Yusuf, the capital component stands at N312,634,912,672.18 billion while the recurrent expenditure is pegged at N236,525,504,990.82 billion.
He stated that the bulk of the capital expenditure will be focused on the social and economic sectors, amounting to N461,447,963,240.86.
The breakdown of recurring and capital allocations by sector is as follows:
1. Education: N168,350,802,346.19 (31.00%)
2. Health: N90,600,835,766.48 (16.50%)
3. Agriculture: N21,038,199,190.76 (3.83%)
4. Infrastructure Development: N70,682,843,744.15 (12.87%)
5. Manufacturing, Trade, Industry and Tourism: N3,887,338,871.45 (1.22%)
6. Environment and Sanitation: N15,523,154,078.47 (2.83%)
7. Administrative institutions: N98,242,089,019.58 (17.57%)
8. Security, justice and emergency services: N23,457,527,026.06 (4.00%)
9. Water Supply and Rural Development: N27,235,112,601.05 (4.96%)
10. Transport Development: N12,805,155,000.00 (2.33%)
11. Women, Youth and People with Special Needs: N17,337,360,000.00 (3.15%)
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The governor told lawmakers that the breakdown clearly indicates that his administration’s priorities for 2025 are human capital and infrastructure development.
He pledged to increase access to quality education despite limited resources.
“In line with this, I would like to inform this respected chamber that we are considering the resuscitation of the Kano Education Development Support (KEDS) under the Ministry of Education.”
“Our plan is to develop it into a functional agency that will support the financing of education, especially for primary, upper-primary and post-primary education,” he declared.
- The governor added that his administration would also tap into counter-funding from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) in a bid to support tertiary institutions.
- Yusuf said while trade and industry remain the economic backbone of Kano, the government will not relent in its efforts to support commercial activities and industrial development.
“This formed the basis for our decision to allocate the significant sum of N3,887,338,871.45 billion to the sector within the year under review, as a result of which several projects and programs have been implemented,” he added.
- He disclosed that the government is taking steps to cleanse and secure the business environment in the state and has launched a comprehensive verification and registration process targeting all expatriates and their companies operating within the state.
He said the exercise will help collect data on foreign companies, identify regulatory gaps and improve coordination between the government and the expatriates.
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