Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, on Wednesday signed the state’s 2027 Appropriation Law of ₦828.58 billion into law following its passage by the State House of Assembly.
The budget provides ₦190.73 billion for recurrent expenditure and ₦637.85 billion for capital expenditure, representing 23 per cent and 77 per cent of the total appropriation, respectively.
The approved budget is slightly lower than the ₦828.64 billion proposal presented by Radda to the Assembly in September. The initial proposal also allocated about 77 per cent to capital expenditure.
Presenting the appropriation law to the governor, Speaker of the Assembly, Nasir Daura, said the legislature had completed the necessary legislative processes before passing the budget.
Daura said the Assembly approved a total expenditure of ₦828,578,844,091.48, comprising ₦190,726,262,820.44 for recurrent expenditure and ₦637,852,581,271.03 for capital expenditure.
He commended the governor for his administration’s cooperation with the legislature and described the early passage and signing of the appropriation law as significant.
Daura also reaffirmed the Assembly’s support for the administration and urged residents to continue supporting government programmes.
Responding, Radda thanked the Speaker and members of the Assembly for their cooperation throughout the budget process.
The governor said the 2027 budget went through three stages, beginning with consultations with residents across the state’s 361 wards and 34 local government areas.
“This is the budget of the people which has been scrutinised by the people and is the people’s opinion,” Radda said.
According to him, the second stage involved ministries, departments and agencies defending their budget proposals, while the third stage was the scrutiny and passage of the proposals by the State House of Assembly.
Radda said the process was designed to ensure that public funds were allocated according to the needs identified by residents.
He added that the Assembly’s passage of the budget had made it legally binding on the government and expressed hope that implementing agencies would execute the approved projects and programmes promptly.
“This budget has gone into three layers. The first layer of the budget is the people’s budget. This is the budget that has gone to 361 wards of the state and 34 local governments. We listened to them, we heard their needs, we put everything together at the state level and presented it,” he said.
The governor said the 2027 appropriation would focus on addressing priorities identified by residents in line with his administration’s development agenda.
The budget proposal presented in September allocated significant funding to education, works and housing, agriculture, health and rural development, with the five sectors accounting for more than half of the proposed capital expenditure.
Radda also commended the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning and other members of the executive for preparing the budget proposal early.
He said the signing represented an improvement on the previous year, when the 2026 appropriation was signed later in the year.
The governor urged ministries, departments and agencies to ensure timely implementation of the approved provisions, stressing that the ultimate objective was to translate the budget into tangible development for residents.
On the 2027 elections, Radda wished those contesting for elective positions success and called for a peaceful electoral process.
He also prayed for peace and stability in Katsina State and urged stakeholders to work towards ensuring peaceful elections.
