COVID-19: Oyo Assembly Review 2020 Budget From N213bn to N174bn

The Oyo State House of Assembly has reviewed the 2020 appropriation budget downward from N213billion to N174billion. The State lawmakers agreed there was a substantial justification for the review request made by the executive arm of government led by Governor Seyi Makinde. Giving report at the Tuesday plenary, the Chairman committee on public accounts, finance and appropriation, Hon. Abdulakeem Mustapha representing Kajola State constituency noted that the paucity of funds occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic that has been rampaging the global economy, by extension Nigeria and Oyo State in particular, constituted…