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Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia, on Wednesday, presented a budget estimate of N550 billion for the 2025 budget.

Presenting the proposed budget to the state Assembly, Alia explained that the estimate represented a 47.5% increment over the 2024 revised and approved budget.

Tagged ‘Budget of Human Capital Development, Food Security, and Digital Economy’, the governor said the intention of his istration was to stay within the limits of its recurring revenue to build dreams, without accruing unnecessary debts for generations unborn.

He added that since the proposed 2025 budget was a deficit one, he envisaged that his government may borrow a conservative sum of N26 billion.


While the budget proposed the sum of over N174 billion as current expenditure to sustain the minimum wage payments and other incidental costs associated with overheads, the proposed capital expenditure stands at N375 billion which represents 71.5% increase over the 2024 revised budget.

The governor said, “Mr Speaker, Honourable , the intention of the government is to stay within the limits of its recurring revenue to build the Benue of our dreams, without accruing unnecessary debts for generations unborn.


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“This explains why Benue State is among the few states in the country that are offsetting the indebtedness, paying salaries, and meeting other financial and infrastructure commitments without recourse to borrowing.


“However, since the 2025 budget is a deficit one, it proposes a borrowing plan of a conservative sum of Twenty-Six Billion, and Fifty-Three Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty-Three Thousand, Seven Hundred and Thirty-Six Naira Thirty-Two Kobo only (N26,053,953,736.32K).

“This represents a modest 4.7% of the proposed aggregate expenditure for 2025. This is lower than the State’s Debt-to-GDP ratio of 8.2% which is within the benchmark of the 25% debt sustainability threshold.

According to the sectoral breakdown of expenditure estimates, the istration took the lion’s share with over N212 billion and the economy about N197 billion.

Further sectoral breakdown of expenditure estimates includes education & knowledge management to gulp about N83 billion, health & human services about N83 billion, agriculture & food security N84 billion, law and justice about N27 billion, security about N47 billion, infrastructure, N110 billion and Social Welfare, N5 billion.

Others are commerce about N59 billion, digital economy about N19 billion and others about N35 billion.

https://punchng.com/benue-gov-presents-n550bn-2025-budget-to-assembly/?amp

Alia took a jab at Okpebholo there


I think this catholic priest is trying his best, he should ensure the money is well spent.


Security and governance is what Benue people are asking for

Am sure Gov. Alia can pronounce that Figure/amount perfectly

In china most present n past governors would HV being hang

Let's see the video so we could compare with that of Edo

Wonderful

Benue will be the new Oslo in the next 4years

this state assembly look like a beer parlor sha

Rev Father, how did you pronounce the billion? Hope it’s not confusing you like your counterpart in Edo.

Naxxxo

He is a good Man.

The Priest is doing a good job after the utter mess his predecessor Ortom left behind.

yusufu16:
this national assembly look like a beer parlor sha

It's a temporary arrangement as the assembly complex is under renovation.

All of them should sha try dey do budget of digits they can pronounce to us.

Stupid govs

yusufu16:
this national assembly look like a beer parlor sha

State assembly.

MASTERCHIEF0847:
The Priest is doing a good job after the utter mess his predecessor Ortom left behind.

Yes he is, the common man love him but the big men don't like him

AbahJFK:


Yes he is, the common man love him but the big men don't like him

True. Big men aka Big thieves.

yusufu16:
this national assembly look like a beer parlor sha

80 % right

eliwa47:
Am sure Gov. Alia can pronounce that Figure/amount perfectly

Lol, what do you expect, he will over pronounce it self...

A Catholic priest, that have done alot of church project with billions of naira won't know how to pronounce figure ke...

Edo state Governor...see your mate ooooo.....

The figures is not confusing him ......

Edo state Governor the bloody olodo . ...he was sweating just to call out mere figures....

oluseyiforjesus:
In china most present n past governors would HV being hang

No time bro

God1000:
Alia took a jab at Okpebholo there


I think this catholic priest is trying his best, he should ensure the money is well spent.


Security and governance is what Benue people are asking for

Few weeks ago I was in Benue, the civil servants there are still suffering like they did under Ortom.
Many of them couldn't afford light bills, primary school teachers have to borrow to feed, seems anything u followers of Iienus is a fraud.

Okay

Why is the State Assembly looking like a primary school classroom??
Nawaoo
Benue and Kogi, I no know which one useless .

Benue State as a whole should be turned into a large farming agriculture base. I know the value chain it would yield will be massive.

N550bn is a paltry sum for a whole state, my goodness. I didn't know Benue was poor. What will this achieve? This is just going to be looted.

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JagabanBorgu:

Few weeks ago I was in Benue, the civil servants there are still suffering like they did under Ortom.
Many of them couldn't afford light bills, primary school teachers have to borrow to feed, seems anything u followers of Iienus is a fraud.

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Oga abi madam?
You lie
Even teachers receives salaries before the month ends

Alia made a comment about Okpebholo. I believe this Catholic priest is doing his best, and he should make sure the funds are used wisely. The people of Benue are seeking security and good governance.

JagabanBorgu:

Few weeks ago I was in Benue, the civil servants there are still suffering like they did under Ortom.
Many of them couldn't afford light bills, primary school teachers have to borrow to feed, seems anything u followers of Iienus is a fraud.

That is not true.
Workers have nicknamed the governor Mr 25th for a reason.
November salary was delayed because he pronounced and implemented minimum wage of 75k just few days to 25th of November.
Almost all government workers have been paid the new minimum wage.
Workers that haven't received their salaries should go check what is wrong. Alia's regime is far better than Ortom's regime. So, allow our governor breathe well.

I am seeing a failure here, this is not catholic church where everything is YES FATHER. He sack anyone that objects his opinion and frolicking with opposition and attacking people that fault for his victory.
A man that preaches forgiveness in church cannot forgive someone with mere oversight during project commissioning. The only perfect one is God, i thought the priest knows that.
Please anyone in Benue should point and list the project he has done since he was sworn in as Governor of Benue State.
The next election always open everybody's page.

I hope you know dat even God forgives but punishes
Dats their punishment [b][/b] yh