Adamawa proposes N268.8bn for 2025

The Adamawa State Government has proposed the sum of N268.8 billion for expenditures in the 2025 fiscal year.

The State Executive Council (SEC) voted on the expenditure plan Wednesday at its meeting, explaining that the proposal is in line with the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Economic and Fiscal Updates of the government.

The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Iliya James, made the disclosure to newsmen after the council meeting presided over by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri at the Government House, Yola.

DAILY POST reports that the 2025 budget proposal, coming unusually early, is N43 billion larger than the current 2024 budget.

The government had at the SEC level on December 5 last year proposed N225.8 billion for 2024, which Governor Fintiri presented to the state House of Assembly on December 8, 2023, and which was passed by the House on December 19, 2023, almost exactly as it was presented.

The SEC meeting on Wednesday also approved the handing over of the upgraded Mubi General Hospital to the Federal Government for further upgrading as a Federal Medical Centre, according to the state Commissioner of Information.

The commissioner added that the meeting noted an alert by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) of an impending flood disaster likely to affect Madagali, Mubi North, Mubi South, Shelleng, Demsa, Numan, Song, and Yola North LGAs.

He said the meeting urged residents in flood-prone parts of the LGAs to relocate to safer places before September 16, 2024, even as the government is making its own plans to reduce the effects of the expected floods.