Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has signed the State’s 2025 Appropriation bill into law on Thursday.
The ceremony comes after the State House of Assembly approved the spending estimate of over One Trillion Naira for the 2025 fiscal year.
Speaking at the brief ceremony, Governor Fubara said his administration intends to surpass the achievements recorded in 2024.
The Governor had, on the 30th of December 2024, presented a budget estimate of N1.88 trillion to the lawmakers for approval.
Tagged “Budget of Inclusive Growth and Development,” the fiscal law, which is the second in the life of his administration, is premised on achieving sustainable economic growth, as well as improving the lives of the people.
The core priorities for the 2025 fiscal year will include agriculture, economic growth, quality education, healthcare delivery, basic infrastructure and social investment.
The Governor also used the occasion to declare that Rivers State has only one House of Assembly led by Victor Oko-Jumbo.
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He added that the matter of the lawmakers who decamped from the PDP to the APC is already dead and buried.
For his part, Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Victor Oko-Jumbo said he’s optimistic that 2025 will be a year of bountiful harvest for Rivers State.
With the issue of the budget now settled, Governor Siminalayi Fubara is upbeat that his administration is set to hit the group running, assuring that the interest of the people will continue to be his number one priority.
(Editor: Ken Eseni)
