OMG Alert !! Plateau Budgets N442m For Plates, Spoons

With barely six months to the end of the
administration, the Plateau State
Government has sent a supplementary
budget of N23.4bn to the state House of
Assembly for consideration and approval.
In the proposed budget, according to the
estimates obtained from the state House of
Assembly on Thursday, supply and fixing of
curtains, blinds, customised cutleries and
other items at the new Government House
would be awarded to a foreign firm at the
cost of N442, 289, 600.00.
Road networks, purchase of official vehicles
and other projects at the new Government
House at Little Rayfield are also expected to
gulp N4.2bn.
Other items to be covered by the
supplementary budget are procurement of a
Toyota Land Cruiser model vehicle for the
Chief Judge of Plateau State, at the cost of
N25, 625, 675. 68 and a Toyota Corolla for
the Chief Registrar, Plateau State Judiciary, at
the cost of N7, 545, 398, 68.
Also, the completion of existing road projects
all over the state, the office of the SSG at the
new Government House and provision of
infrastructure and office equipment at the
new office of the Board of Internal revenue
is expected to gulp N13bn, while N1.5bn was
budgeted to the state water board.
The rest of the estimates computed and
collated from all ministries, agencies and
departments of government were put at N12,
400, 979, 524. 00.
The Commissioner for Information and
Communications, Mrs. Olivia Dazem said that
the budget was born out of the need to
complete existing projects before the exit of
the present administration.
She said, "In view of the need to meet
additional developmental efforts of the
present administration in project execution,
a supplementary budget in respect of some
ministries, agencies and departments have
become very necessary."



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