{"id":59491,"date":"2017-09-08T20:01:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T19:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=59491"},"modified":"2017-09-08T20:01:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T19:01:34","slug":"bayelsa-govt-assures-completion-sagbama-ekeremor-road-ongoing-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/bayelsa-govt-assures-completion-sagbama-ekeremor-road-ongoing-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayelsa Govt assures on completion Sagbama-Ekeremor road, other ongoing projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bayelsa State Government\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1765972053\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Friday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0assured that, the Sagbama-Ekeremor<br \/>\nroad would be completed within the life-span of the present<br \/>\nadministration, as N7.4 billion has already been expended in the month of<br \/>\nJuly for on-going projects scheduled for commissioning, towards the end of<br \/>\nthis year and the first quarter of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The State Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (Rtd), made<br \/>\nthe assertion during the transparency media briefing for the month of<br \/>\nJuly, 2017, in Government House, Yenagoa.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the balance from the federation account in July,<br \/>\nincluding receipts of funds from other sources came up to N10 billion, out<br \/>\nof which, N7.4 billion was spent on capital payments while recurrent<br \/>\npayments gulped\u00a0N2.2\u00a0billion.<\/p>\n<p>Rear Admiral John Jonah noted that, the government&#8217;s priority lies on<br \/>\ncompleting projects earmarked for commissioning, stressing that, no major<br \/>\nnew projects would be executed unless finances of the state improves.<\/p>\n<p>On the income report from the federation account, the Deputy Governor<br \/>\nsaid, the state received\u00a0N10.6billion as gross inflow, comprising<br \/>\nstatutory allocation of\u00a0N3.2\u00a0billion, derivation\u00a0N6.5\u00a0billion, refund from<br \/>\nother states N57.5 million, Value Added Tax N743 million.<\/p>\n<p>Rear Admiral John Jonah also explained that, net inflow was N9.3 billion<br \/>\nand IGR for the month of June was N752.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that, the total deductions from the federation account stood<br \/>\nat N1.5 billion, which include, bond deduction of N421.5 million,<br \/>\nrestructured commercial bank loan, N741 million and salary bailout to the<br \/>\nstate N16.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>On expenditure, Rear Admiral John Jonah declared\u00a0N12.9\u00a0billion as total<br \/>\noutflow, while balance brought forward from June stood at\u00a0N3.2\u00a0billion,<br \/>\nleaving a balance of\u00a0N4.8\u00a0billion as funds available as at the end of<br \/>\nJuly.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, the Commissioner for Information, Hon. 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