Anambra State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the N607 billion 2025 budget into law.
DAILY POST recalls that Governor Chukwuma Soludo had on November 19, presented the budget to the Assembly.
The passage of the budget followed a motion by the Majority Leader of the House representing Ekwusigo State Constituency, Ikenna Ofodeme
The Speaker of the Assembly, Dr Somto Udeze said the passage of the budget was not just a milestone but a demonstration of the synergy between the legislative and executive arms of government.
Udeze said they were impressed that the outgoing budget had been implemented to the tune of 80 percent while expressing hope that it will be sustained in the 2025 edition.
He charged citizens of the state to continue to support the Gov. Soludo administration, appealing to them to pay their taxes.
In a post budget passing media briefing, Mr Ejike Okechukwu, Chairman House Committee on Information said the budget was passed as presented by the governor.
However, Okechukwu said that though the overall budget size was not altered, there were realignment between and across Ministries, Department and Agencies within the envelope.
He said that the budget projected and estimated recurrent N139.5 billion representing 23 percent while N407,5 billion representing 77 percent would be for capital expenditure.
“The budget size did not have any change from what the governor presented but there were Internal changes, some codes were changed to enable government access funds lying there to meet urgent needs.
“Some institutions like Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University and Nwafor Orizu College of Education had more funds allocated to their recurrent expenditures and subvention to enable run them more effectively,” he said.