The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has slammed Governor Seyi Makinde for alleged lack of transparency in the presentation of the state’s proposed budget estimate of N678.86bn.
The governor, on Wednesday, presented a budget of N678.86bn, tagged, “Budget of Economic Stabilisation,” to the state House of Assembly for consideration and approval.
“Out of the budget, capital expenditure gulped N349.29bn, representing 50.59 per cent while N325.57bn is allocated to recurrent expenditure, representing 49.41 per cent of the budget,” Makinde said
However, in a statement issued on Thursday by the Oyo APC’s Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, in Ibadan, the state capital, the party lamented that the governor failed to involve “relevant stakeholders,” as it said the governor’s claim of involving the people of the state in the budget proposal is “false.”
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