Tinubu sends N1.48tn Rivers budget to NASS

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President Bola Tinubu has forwarded a N1.48 trillion budget proposal for Rivers State to the National Assembly, marking a significant step toward stabilizing governance and funding key projects in the state.

The President said the budget proposal became necessary because of the nullification of the 2025 budget of the state by the Supreme Court and the fact that the state is currently under emergency rule.

The President said that ₦324bn of the amount will be expended on infrastructure, ₦166bn on health, ₦75.6bn on education and ₦31.4bn on agriculture.

He added that by the provisions of the budget; agriculture is expected to generate about 6,000 jobs and appealed to the parliament to urgently pass the budget for the good of the state and its people.

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