Governor Okowa signs 2020 budget into law
By TVC News Nigeria
16 December 2019 |
8:05 am
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has signed the 2020 Appropriation Budget of 395 billion naira into law. It’s 5 billion naira more than the 2019 budget, with the recurrent expenditure of 172 billion naira and capital spending of 233 billion. Part of the state government’s plan is the setting up of nine technical schools and the completion of storm drainage projects and roads.
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