Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has presented an appropriation bill of more than N152bn (one hundred and fifty two billion naira) for 2019 to the state Assembly.
He said the bill tagged ”Budget of Hope” will continue with the achievements of the immediate past government.
He said the 2019 budget which is 27 million naira less than the one for 2018 is unique and charts the roadmap for sustainable growth.
A breakdown of the budget shows that 15 billion naira was allocated to recurrent expenditure while the capital expenditure is 91 billion naira.
24 billion was set aside for infrastructure, ten billion goes to education, four billion for health, and agriculture has 690 million.
The Governor said he will strive to create workable policies, diversify the economy, block wastages, increase internal revenue and end modulated salaries.