2025: Sokoto Gov Presents Over 526bn Budget Proposal, Approves 70,000 Minimum Wage
2025: Sokoto Gov Presents Over 526bn Budget Proposal, Approves 70,000 Minimum Wage
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto
Sokoto State governor, Ahmed Aliyu Friday presented
Five Hundred and Twenty Six Billion, Eight Hundred and Eighty two Million, One Hundred and Forty two Thousand, four Hundred and Eighty-Four Naira, Thirty nine Kobo (N 526,882,142,484.39) to the State House of Assembly for consideration and approval.
The governor who tagged the 2025 budget as that of “Transformation and Infrastructural Sustainability”, also assured that the will commence payment of 70,000 naira new minimum wage to workers in the state begining from January 2025.
Given breakdown of the budget, that 66% will go for capital projects while 44% for recurrent expenditure, the governor said, “The sum of One hundred and -Seventy-Six Billion, Two Hundred and Ninety Five Million, Six- Hundred and Two Thousand, One Hundred and Thirty Naira, Fourteen Kobo (N 176,295,602,130.14) is for Recurrent, while Three Hundred and Forty-Nine Billion, Three Hundred and Eighty Six Million, Five Hundred and Forty Thousand, Three Hundred and Fifty Four Naira, Twenty Five Kobo (N349,386,540,354.25) is for Capital Expenditure”.
Ahmed Aliyu further explained the 44% to recurrent to cover things such as the new Minimum wage for State Workers, payment of pension and gratuity for our Senior Citizens as well as Overhead cost of running Government.
Continuing, the governor said like before, the education sector will be take the highest sectoral allocation of 25% of the 2025 budget, followed by the Health sector.
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While reiterating that his administration is committed to the development of Sokoto state, the governor said, “”No doubt, our modest successes in all areas of human endeavours speak volume of the efforts and sacrifices of all public functionaries, serving our State, in different capacity.
” The support I have enjoyed from the people of Sokoto State is an outstanding one in the history of democratic governance, therefore, I would not conclude my speech without expressing my sincere appreciation to civil servants of the state for their support to the present administration.
”It is in this regard, I feel highly delighted to announce that we will implement new minimum wage of N70,000 by January 2025, InshaAllah””.
