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Taraba Allocates N22bn To COVID-19 In Reviewed Budget

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Zainab Sanni

The Taraba State Government on Wednesday announced that the the state’s reviewed budget had been signed into law by the Governor Darius Ishaku

The State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr Solomon Elisha, who stated this at a press conference in Jalingo said a total of N22,231,687,513, representing 12.60% total expenditure of the revised budget was dedicated to COVID-19 response cutting across sectors bordering on crisis, recovery,, mitigation livelihood and palliatives.

Elisha said that the budget now stands at N176,616,318,475 as against the initial N215,823,576,810.

He said that the downward review of the 2020 budget by N39,207,258,335 became necessary due to the pandemic.

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