The Edo State House of Assembly on Friday passed the state 2024 budget of N342.8 billion.
This followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Budget and Project Monitoring at the plenary in Benin City.
The Chairman of the committee, Mr. Sunny Ojiezele, who presented the report, said the budget was made up of N154.2 billion in recurrent expenditure and N188.5 billion in capital spending.
Ojiezele said the committee considered an increase in the budgetary allocation to ensure the completion of all ongoing projects in the state.
The House at the Committee of Supply considered the budget clause by clause and subsequently, approved a N17.5 billion increase in the bill from the N325.3 billion presented by Governor Godwin Obaseki to N342.8 billion.
The Speaker of the House, Mrs. Blessing Agbebaku, thereafter directed the Clerk of the House, Mr. Audu Omogbai, to forward clean copies of the budget to the governor for his assent.