Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, signed into law the 2020 appropriation bill with a sum of N213 billion. The 2020 budget which the lawmakers increased by N4.4 billion, was signed into law at the Executive Chambers of the governor’s office, Agodi in Ibadan. He observed that the upward review of the estimated bill sent to the state assembly by N4.4bn cuts across capital expenditure and recurrent expenditure. The Speaker of the State Assembly, Debo Ogundoyin, remarked that the increment in the budget was to give widespread development, particularly to the grassroots. All members of the state executive, PDP chieftains and some political office holders witnessed the occasion.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 23, 2019 17:03 UTC