Its Turn Around In Ondo State; Akeredolu Vows As He Signs 2017 Budget Into Law

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has frowned at the design of Appropriation bills in the state and the nation in general in which the recurrent expenditure far exceeds the capital expenditure, stressing that the trend will be reversed in the state.

Akeredolu stated this while speaking at the occasion of signing of this year’s Appropriation bill into law at the Cocoa conference hall of the Governor's office in Akure, the state capital.

The governor said his administration has initiated special intervention programmes in agriculture, job creation, infrastructure, education, technology as well as rural development.

He stressed that the people of the state in the informal sector must also feel the positive impact of government.

Speaking earlier, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oleyeloogun informed the gathering that the total amount of the allocation was increased by over a billion naira for funding of tertiary educational institutions in the state.