The special Adviser to the Governor on Budget and Efficiency, Ogbuefi Melie Onyejepu said the fifty eight point nine billion naira allocated for capital expenditure in the 2017 appropriation bill, will bring succor to Ndi Anambra .
Ogbuefi Onyejepu was speaking at an ABS Audience participatory programme ‘’Anambra talks”.
Analyzing the contents of the 2017 Capital Expenditure budget among others,Ogbuefi Onyejepu said that the twenty four billion naira allocated to road construction will give artisans in the state more work.
The special Adviser further said that the increase in Agricultural allocation from over one billion naira in the last budget to over five billon naira in 2017 budget is a welcome development as Ndi Anambra are now soaring higher in Agricultural sector among states in Nigeria.
He added that over three billion naira meant for poverty alleviation is equally good for the citizenry especially the unemployed youths across the state.
Callers in the programme ,Nonso Okafor from Nteje, Ifeanyi
Nweke from Achina as well as a physically challenged person, Chiedu Mba from Awa extoled Governor Willie Obiano’s innovative and people oriented governance.
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