Jigawa's N178.5 billion budget for the fiscal year 2023 has been approved by Governor Muhammad Badaru.
The State House of Assembly passed the budget to Badaru, who then signed it.
In his final seven years in office, the governor expressed satisfaction with the state budget's performance.
According to Badaru, the 2023 Budget was created to codify all the advancements made during the previous seven years, notably in the development of physical and human resources.
“This budget will be used to complete ongoing projects and numerous new ones across the state.
“In the last seven years, we were able to construct over 1,700 km roads, achieved 95 per cent access to water, improved our GDP, built and renovated over 6,000 class rooms.
“Also, with effective budget implementation, we were able to improve our eduction sector and the results showed in the performances of our students WAEC/NECO results.
“From 4.5 percent to over 60 per cent of those who obtained five credits, including Mathematics and English,” the governor said.
He, however, pledged to ensure that the citizens continued to enjoy dividends of democracy throughout his tenure.
“We’ve recorded significant improvement with regards to budget implementation and we will continue to ensure maximum implementation of this budget,” Badaru said.