By Umar Yusuf

YOLA—Governor Muhammadu Jibrilla of Adamawa State has presented a budget estimate of N162.7 billion for 2018 service year to the state House of Assembly.

Governor Jibrilla Bindow

While presenting the budget proposal christened Budget of Hope and Empowerment, to the Assembly yesterday, Governor Jibrilla explained that massive infrastructure development, education, health agriculture, housing and urban development were top priority of the budget proposal.

Receiving the proposal, Speaker of the House, Kabiru Mijinyawa, stated that the timely presentation of the budget estimate will hasten its early passage .

Mijinyawa appreciated the level of progress made on the 2017 budget and promised that 2018 budget will be passed before end of year.

Recall that the governor presented a budget of N105,459,016,000 to the House of Assembly for the outgoing year.