The
Kebbi State Government said it had spent over N2 billion on the provision of
potable and safe drinking water in 2017 to safeguard the health of the people
against water borne diseases.
The Commissioner of Water
Resources and Rural Development, Alhaji Bala Kangiwa, stated this while
defending the ministry’s budget for 2018 before the Kebbi House of Assembly in
Birnin Kebbi on Monday.
“The performance of the last
year’s budget was very impressive as we expended N2 billion out of the proposed
capital expenditure.
“We also spent N98 million
out of the N100 million proposed recurrent expenditure in 2017,” he said.
Kangiwa
said that over N6 billion was proposed for 2018 by the ministry as part of the
government’s commitment to improve the standard of living and social services
to the people in all the 21 local government areas.
The commissioner commended
the support and cooperation the ministry received from the state of assembly.
The Chairman of the Joint
Committees on Finance, Appropriation and Budget Monitoring and Economic
Planning, Alhaji Umaru Sarkin-Shanu, commended the commissioner for his
performance.
He also assured that the
legislative would continue to support and assist the executive to ensure the
improvement of standards of living of the people in the state.
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