Kaduna State Government has urged the 23 Local Government Councils to strictly adhere to the budget preparation guidelines in coming up with their draft estimate proposal and avoid presenting over ambitious estimate proposals.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government Affairs, Dr Abubakar Abba Umar, gave the call during his opening remarks at a workshop for first and second quarter 2021 budget performance tracking, 2022 Budget harmonization for Staff finance and Budget of the 23 Local Government Councils of the State.
He told participants at the occasion that the Local Government Councils have defended their proposed 2022 estimates at the Ministry before the Local Government Estimate Committee on the 21st and 22nd of September this year with key observations and corrections made.
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Dr Umar requested them to treat Personnel Cost as first line charge, and balance from the budget size should be allocated in the ratio of 40% to recurrent expenditure and 60% to capital expenditure estimate. At the same time, the Ministry will provide close supervision to ensure compliance.
He, therefore, commended all 23 Local Government Councils for their timely submission of half-year 2021 budget performance, saying this will ease the tracking of the 2021 approved budget of the councils, as well as the Foreign Common Wealth Office, funded Program, Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn, FCDO-PERL, for their support over the years to enshrine good governance at the Local Government Level in Kaduna State.
Similarly, he thanked the Planning and Budget Commission(PBC) CSOs for enlightening citizens of their responsibilities and deliberate and constructive engagement with the Government for the entrenchment of transparency and accountability in governance.
