Governor Nasir El-Rufai has presented the 2023 draft budget to Kaduna State House of Assembly and the estimates conformed with his administration’s 60: 40
El-Rufai added that ‘’the 2023 budget estimates make provisions for continued pro-poor interventions in nutrition, health care, skills acquisition and empowerment funds for women, youths, and vulnerable groups.
According to him, ‘’uncertainties persist in the global economy. Promising signs of a sustained recovery from Covid-19 have been replaced by fears of inflation and recession in the major economies.’’ ‘’We have implemented empowerment policies, respecting people our enough to free them from dependence on those who insert themselves between the treasury and the people.
While thanking the House of Assembly for its cooperation, the governor however noted the journey has had smooth phases as well as rough junctions. Governor El-Rufai who noted that this was his last time to present the draft budget, registered ‘’the gratitude of the government for the 140 laws so far enacted by this House.’’