Oborevwori assents 2025 appropriation bill, says Delta meeting global best practices ~ Truth Reporters

By Andy Emephia

Delta's 2025 budget, tagged "Budget of Fiscal Consolidation", has been signed into law, with Governor Sheriff Oborevwori stating that the state's budget estimates are meeting global best practices.

While assenting to the budget of #929.2 bn, comprising of #630.461 billion capital , and #349.767 bn recurrent expenditure respectively , the Governor said the prompt passage by the state legislature and his  consequent assent  to the bill, gives room for convenient implementation of projects during the 2025 dry season.

The Governor said the budget had been drafted in such a manner that it will impact positively in the promotion and preservation of public trust and the well being of Deltans.

"This reaffirms our commitment in advancing Delta State , through the prompt and qualitative service delivery as enshrined in our MORE Agenda", Governor Oborevwori asserted.

While thanking the State Legislature for the speedy passage of the appropriation and other bills such as the Delta State Structures and Signage and Advertisement Bill 2024, Delta State Human Trafficking Prohibition Law 2024 , Special Cases Court Amendment Law 2024 , and the Delta State Protection of Persons with Disability Law 2024 , which he assented to , Governor Oborevwori assured Deltans of more infrastructural and human capital development in the 2025  fiscal year.

Gov Oborevwori also stated that "for running the state for months without borrowing , it shows that we are very disciplined in our finances . We have been managing our resources very well and we are not going to borrow for now"

Presenting the 2025 Appropriation Bill, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Guwor, said that the Bill was presented to the House on November 14 2024 and passed on November 26 2024, after passing through all legislative processes.

The Speaker who said the House took cognizance of some objectives that underlined the 2025 Appropriation bill, said the house also took special note of proposed allocations to fund activities across different priority sectors including Agriculture , Health , Water Resources , Education and Roads, among others.

The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Ekeme Ohwovoriole , SAN, witnessed the signing into law of the 2025 Appropriation bill