By Deborah Nnamdi
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday forwarded a N1.48 trillion budget proposal for Rivers State to the National Assembly for approval.
The proposal follows the Supreme Court’s nullification of the state’s 2025 budget and the current imposition of emergency rule in the state.
According to the President, the proposed budget allocates N324 billion to infrastructure, N166 billion to health, N75.6 billion to education, and N31.4 billion to agriculture.
He noted that the agricultural sector is projected to create approximately 6,000 jobs. Tinubu urged lawmakers to expedite the budget’s passage in the interest of the state’s development and welfare.
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