Abia Assembly passes N25.4 billion supplementary budget for 2013

The governor proposed the budget a couple of weeks ago.

The Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a supplementary budget of N25.4 billion for the 2013 fiscal year.

Governor Theodore Orji presented a proposed budget of N26.148 billion to the lawmakers a couple of weeks ago.

Presenting the budget proposal for a final passage during Tuesday’s plenary session in Umuahia, Chidiebere Nwoke, the House Leader, said that the budget had been pruned down to N25.4 billion.

Mr. Nwoke commended his colleagues for the timely passage of the supplementary budget.

Speaking to journalists shortly before the plenary, the Deputy Speaker, Asiforo Okere, said that the lawmakers passed three bills and adopted more than seven resolutions in the last three months.

Mr. Okerem said that the lawmakers adopted the resolution on the deplorable state of Aba-Ikot Ekpene road to draw the Federal Government’s attention to the poor state of the road.

He said that the Assembly also passed a resolution on the land dispute between Ikwuano community and Michael Okpara University, as part of efforts to resolve the lingering dispute between the university and its host community.

On the performance of the House, Mr. Okere, who doubles as the Chairman, House Committee on Information and Strategy, said that the Assembly had recorded a lot of achievements, particularly in the area of youth empowerment.