BUNI SIGNS 2025 FINANCE, APPROPRIATION BILLS INTO LAW
Governor Mai Buni of Yobe has signed the state’s 2025 Appropriation and Finance Bills into Laws.
Buni had on Oct 30, presented the bills worth N320.8 billion to the state House of Assembly for the 2025 fiscal year.
The assembly had earlier passed the proposed expenditure less than two months after the presentation.
Speaking at the occasion, the governor commended the House’s Speaker, Alhaji Buba Mashio, and other members of the assembly for a speedy passage of the bills.
Buni charged project supervising engineers to ensure that projects were executed in strict compliance to specifications and contractual agreements.
He also charged the state Bureau for Public Procurement to undertake clinical diagnosis of contractual biddings with a very reasonable profit margin.
The governor congratulated 500 persons recently trained on production of household needs, saying they would benefit from a total of N50 million start-up grant.
He said each beneficiary would receive a grant of N100,000 and a start-up kit to launch his/her own businesses, under the programme executed in collaboration with the UNDP.
According to him, his administration would implement the new minimum wage of N70,000, and prioritize job creation for teeming youths.
