Jang signs 2014 Appropriation Bill of N225b into law

Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State on Monday signed the 2014 Appropriation Bill of N225 billion into law.
The budget, christened: “Budget of continuity and inclusive growth,” has a recurrent of N81.9 billion and a capital expenditure of N143 billion.
Jang said that he was signing the Appropriation Act because it had received the approval of the House of Assembly.
The governor on December 19 presented a budget of N228.7 billion to the Assembly.
It was reduced and passed on February 14.
According to Jang, the driving force behind the budget is his administration’s conviction in service delivery and in keeping with the covenant toward proactive service delivery as ultimate.
He said that the bane of budget implementation was monitoring, and called on the State Planning Commission to ensure that the Ministries, Department and Agencies complied with the budgetary provisions.
He said: “I charge all Ministries, Departments and Agencies to immediately commence the process of budget approval.
“Ministries, Departments and Agencies are, therefore, advised to strengthen their internal monitoring machinery and all expenditures should be carried out based on budgetary provisions.”