The Senate has approved the 2024 Statutory Budget for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), totaling N1.282 trillion, an increase of N135 billion over the figure initially recommended by the Ministry of FCT.
This clearance came after the Senate and House of Representatives FCT Committees reviewed the combined report during Tuesday’s plenary session.
Sen. Ibrahim Bomai, Chairman of the Senate Committee on FCT, presented the report, highlighting the first request of N1.15 trillion for the FCT’s 2024 budget.
During the report’s consideration, Bomai stated that the committee proposed a budget of N1.28 trillion, with N140 billion set out for staff expenses.
He noted that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) government has requested N1.147 trillion for the fiscal year 2024. The committee recommended a budget of N1.28 trillion for the year 2024. N373 billion is for overhead costs, and N768 billion is for capital projects.”
Breakdown of the budget
Overhead cost – N373 billion
Personnel cost — N140.9 billion
Capital expenditure – N768.3 billion
Personnel cost represented around 10% of the total budget for the year while the overhead cost constitutes 29.10% of the total budget.
The recurrent expenditure of the budget represented about 40% while the capital expenditure made up about 60% of the budget.
While speaking on the budget, Deputy Senate President Sen. Jibrin Barau, who led the plenary session in the absence of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, praised the committee for their swift action in passing the budget.
He noted that the FCT’s budget would contribute to transforming the capital city, aiming to rank it among the top cities globally. After a voice vote by senators on various part of the appropriation act the budget was passed.
The 2024 Appropriation act of the FCT was first presented to the senate last week Thursday for deliberation and approval.