The Adamawa State Government is to boost its treasury with N1.5 billion from Internally Generated Revenue.
The target is to generate the amount in the next six months.
Governor Jibrilla Bindow made this known at the signing ceremony of the 2016 Budget in Yola on Tuesday.
Bindow said the improvement in the IGR would address the issue of non-payment of salaries to workers.
However, he did not state how much the state was generating at present.
But he said his administration met a poor IGR based, caused by the Boko Haram insurgency.
Bindow, said the state had before now depended solely on the Federation Account as its source of revenue.
He also said the issue of non-payment of salaries to local governments in the state would soon be a thing of the past.
He said: “We are working assiduously with our consultants to improve the IGR of the state.
“As for now, we depend solely on the federal allocation to run the state.
“As I speak to you, we are targeting N1.5 billion in the next six months and that will take us a long way in addressing the challenge of non-payment of salaries to workers.
“We met a poor IGR caused due to insurgency in the state, but I am glad to inform you that our IGR has started improving.
“Our consultant is working hard and we will surely meet our target of N1.5 billion in six months time.”
The governor commended the state House of Assembly for its excellent handling of the budget.
Bindow said the signing of the 2016 Budget was his first experience in office, and promised that the budget would be implemented with prudence.
He sought the continued synergy among all arms of government in the state in enduring political stability and development in the state.
Earlier, Alhaji Mahmud Inusa, the Commissioner for Finance, said the governor was to sign a N120 billion appropriation Act into law.
Inusa said the budget was 50 per cent for capital projects and 50 per cent for recurrent.
The commissioner, who referred to the budget as “Budget for social change”, said it would address social security, youth empowerment and infrastructural development in the state.
He gave an assurance that the implementation of the budget must follow due process to engender transparency and accountability.
In his remark, Alhaji Kabiru Mijinyawa, the Speaker, Adamawa State House of Assembly, called on the civil societies and NGOs to monitor the implementation of the budget to the later.
Mijinyawa, who was represented by Sunday Peter, the Deputy Speaker, gave an assurance that the House would supervise the implementation of the budget through its oversight function mechanism.
He commended the executive for its efficient budget defence during its scrutiny.
He said the 2016 budget had captured the economic growth of the state through the improvement of IGR.
“The House would do its best in ensuring that all the revenue leakages were blocked,” he added.
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