Benue State Assembly has approved a supplementary budget for the state, bringing the state’s cumulative budget for 2025 to Five Hundred and Fifty Billion, One Hundred and Twelve Million, Nine Hundred and Eighty-Eight Thousand, Nine Hundred and Thirty Naira, Forty-Five Kobo (₦550,112,988,930.45) only.
The House, in a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Aondoaver Alfred Emberga passed the estimates into law on Tuesday, October 21.
According to the figures provided by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Speaker, Mr. Zape Michael Upaa, the supplementary recurrent expenditure amounts to Two Hundred and Twenty-Nine Billion, Thirty-Five Million, Three Hundred and Thirty-Nine Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty Naira, Seventy-Nine Kobo (₦229,035,339,750.79) only, while the supplementary capital expenditure stands at Three Hundred and Twenty-One Billion, Seventy-Seven Million, Six Hundred and Forty-Nine Thousand, One Hundred and Seventy-Nine Naira (₦321,077,649,179.00) only.
For the umpteenth time, Fr. Alia’s estimates for capital expenditure sit well above recurrent expenditure, a deviation from the past.
The governor has recently obtained approval for a One Hundred Billion Naira (N100b) facility to complete ongoing projects. The supplementary budget, TNT understands provides for some public sector entities that were not captured in the 2025 budget or were created after its passage, such as the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Benue State University of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Ihugh, Bureau for Mines and Solid Minerals, Benue State Geographic Information System (BENGIS), and the Office of the Principal Private Secretary.
