The Sokoto State Executive Council, during its 10th sitting on Wednesday, approved the proposed draft budget for 2025, which is set to be presented to the State Assembly by Governor Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto.

The budget, described as ambitious, according to a source is expected to be above the N 2.267 trillion of 2024

The Commissioner for Information in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Ini Ememobong, has disclosed that the state’s draft budget estimate for 2025 is set at N955 billion.

The federal government has proposed N47.9 trillion as the total expenditure in the 2025 budget.

THE Senate has amended the N28.7.trillion 2024 Appropriation Act by jerking the total expenditure profile of the budget to N33.055 trillion.