Oyetola Makes History In Osun With 2020 Budget

Adegboyega Oyetola made history on Monday when he became the first governor of Osun State to sign a budget into law before the beginning of the fiscal year.

Governor Oyetola while savouring the occasion vowed to ensure faithful implementation of the budget.

Oyetola, who described the size of the budget as most realistic, said the government would stop at nothing to ensure it full implementation.

He said the government decided to prune down the size of the budget compared to the 2019 budget, having realised the socioeconomic realities and limited resources available to the state.

The governor who promised to continue to do things that would make life more meaningful, worthwhile and abundant for the people of the state, assured the residents of better days in the year 2020 and beyond.

He said the state would do everything possible to bring about the desired development across all the sectors as captured by the budget.

While commending the leadership and members of the State House of Assembly for a job well done, Oyetola  promised to maintain the level of understanding and cooperation existing between the three arms of government in general and the legislature in particular.

He added: “I am particularly delighted we were able to conclude the presentation, passing and signing of the year 2020 budget before the end of the year 2019.

“The 2019 budget which is coming to an end two days from now, was about N154billion, but we realised that we didn’t have too much of the revenue that we budgeted. So, we decided to trim down this year’s budget size to a size that we believe is realistic. And with it, we will be able to do a lot for our people within the limit of our resources.

“The budget size for the Year 2020 is N119.50 billion and we believe that, with that budget, a lot of things that we plan to do for 2020, we will be able to achieve them.

Those in attendance were: Deputy Governor, Mr Benedict Alabi; Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Timothy Owoeye; Secretary to the State Government, Prince Wole Oyebamiji; Chief of Staff to the Governor, Dr. Charles Akinola; Deputy Chief of Staff (General Administration) Mikhail Adejare Adebisi;  Head of Service, Dr. Olowogboyega Oyebade; members of the House of Assembly, members of the State Executive Council, Permanent Secretaries and other top political and government functionaries.

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