The Benue State House of Assembly has approved Governor Hyacinth Alia’s request for a sum of N6,644,778,900 to conduct the local government election in the state slated for 5 October 2024.
The N6.6 billion approval was granted by the lawmakers in a unanimous voice vote during Wednesday’s plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Hyacinth Dajoh.
The lawmakers acted on the governor’s supplementary budget estimate titled ‘Submission of 2024 Supplementary Budget Estimates of Six Billion, Six Hundred and Forty -Four Million, Seven Hundred and Seventy-Eight Thousand, Nine Hundred Naira (N6,644, 778, 900.00) Only Towards The Conduct of Local Government Elections in Fiscal Year 2024 to the Assembly”.
The governor’s letter to the Assembly was read on the floor of the House by the Speaker.
In a unanimous voice vote, members of the Assembly approved the supplementary budget.
