{"id":46166,"date":"2016-02-03T16:25:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T15:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=46166"},"modified":"2016-02-03T16:25:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T15:25:34","slug":"tambuwal-signs-2016-budget-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tambuwal-signs-2016-budget-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Tambuwal signs 2016 budget into law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Wednesday signed the 2016 appropriation bill into law with a pledge to fully implement the budget for the benefit of the citizens of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an event to commemorate the signing in Sokoto, Tambuwal said considering the precarious financial situation the country is facing, all avenues of leakages will be block.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let me say it here that any attempt to embezzle the little resources we have will not be tolerated. We are giving the issue of internal revenue generation all the seriousness it deserves. Any government official found dipping his or her hand in the tilt will be dismissed and prosecuted,&#8221; the Governor said.<\/p>\n<p>While commending the state legislature for the expeditious manner it handled the budget proceedings, Tambuwal called for the support of the people in achieving the laudable objectives set in the budget.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in his remarks, the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon Salihu Maidaji, said the total of figure of N174 billion as presented by the Governor in December was not altered, but changes were made to sectoral allocations to emphasise areas of priorities.<\/p>\n<p>He said this year&#8217;s budgeting process was more inclusive, participatory and tranparency as it had active input of development partners and civil society organisations.<br \/>\nCAPTION: L-R: Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Ahmed Aliyu, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (seated), Deputy Speaker of State Assembly, Hon Abubakar Magaji and Speaker Salihu Maidaji during the signing of the 2016 appropriation act into law in Sokoto&#8230;Wednesday.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Wednesday signed the 2016 appropriation bill into law with a pledge to fully implement the budget for the benefit of the citizens of the state.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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