By: Jabiru Hassan.
The Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has presented a total of 1. 107 .024,004, 244.48 Trillion Naira budget appropriation bill to the state House of Assembly for 2027 fiscal year.
The Honourable House received the Governor during its plenary session presided by the speaker Rt Honourable Jibril Isma’il Falgore.
The Governor said, the proposed 2027 Budget stands at ₦1,107,024,004,244.48 comprising of ₦706,942,894,244.48 for capital expenditure and ₦400,081,110,000.00 as recurrent expenditure.
The 2027 budget titled as a Budget of Consolidation and Accelerated Rural Development with priority given to completing ongoing projects, rural focusses programmes and strengthening essential public services before the expiration of the first tenure.
He further said the total projected Recurrent Revenue for the year 2027 is estimated at the sum of ₦692,644,671,221.97 which consist of ₦142,844,654,118.97 as Internally Generated Revenue IGR and ₦549,800,017,103.00 as revenue from the Federation Account.
The total recurrent revenue is lower than that of year 2026 by ₦355,728,264,144.03 representing 34% decrease.
It is important to note that the projected Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) is higher than that of year 2026 by ₦4,407,754,118.97 representing 3% increase and the reason for the increase is based on the structuring of Kano Internal Revenue Service through deepening digital revenue administration and expanding the utilization of easy tax digitization initiative.
Governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf added that the Capital Receipts component of financing the 2027 Proposed Budget consists of Grants and Loans to the tune of ₦354,379,333,022.51 as the expected opening balance for the year 2027 is N60,000,000,000.00 respectively.
The Governor highlighted that the 2027 proposed Budget provides 28% for Education, Infrastructure 20%, 15% for Health, Water Supply and Rural Development 8% and Agriculture 3.5% as these priority sectors account for 74.5% of the 2027 proposed budget.
He assured that, the Fiscal Year 2027 proposed Budget tagged “Budget of Consolidating Gains and Accelerated Rural Development” is not merely nominal; it is a fiscal commitment to ensure that no ongoing project is abandoned, that all reforms in free education, primary healthcare revitalization, and urban renewal are consolidated into sustainable systems and that the dividends of democracy are fully delivered to the people of Kano State.
Earlier, the executive Governor condoled the Honourable chamber for the demised of Honorable Aminu Sa’adu ungogo a former Chairman House committee on Appropriation and a former Chairman House committee on Hajj Honourable Sarki Aliyu Daneji and other notable citizens.
Meanwhile, the state Governor finally inspected the ongoing construction of newly House of Assembly complex by present administration.
