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ZMHA BEGINS DOWNWARD REVIEW OF ZAMFARA 2021 BUDGET APPROPRIATION BY N16 BILLION

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Zamfara State House of Assembly has resolved to review the 2021 appropriation budget of the state downward by N16 billion naira

According to the Spokesperson of the house Mustapha Jafaru Kaura the decision is to allow the state government to implement the budget without much deficit

The decision to review the budget downward is premised by a request sent to the lawmakers by the executive Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle via a letter signed by Secretary to the state government Kabiru Balarabe Dan-Isah.

While reading the letter, Magarya informed his colleague that due to the persistent security crises, the state government cannot go ahead to implementing deficit budget, hence the need to review the budget downward became imperative.

House leader Faruk Dosara while leading the debate on the floor of the House urged his colleagues to give the request accelerated hearing considering its sensitivity.

He added that since the state is implementing its budget inline with the IPSAS baseline, budget review is always imminent,, especially when the need arises.

Ruling on the debate, Speaker Nasiru Muazu Magarya asked the members to give the proposal first and second hearing, after which he ordered that the request be handed down to house committee on Finance and Appropriation to work on it and report back to the house within two weeks.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

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Former Speaker of Zamfara House of Assembly Sanusi Garba Rikiji of the APC has scored a total of (229) votes to defeat the PDP who polls (61) votes only.

His poling unit is Rumfar Galadima (013) in Gusau the capital city of Zamfara State.

As for the result of the state house of assembly in his poling units, APC scored a total of (232) to defeat the PDP who polls (51) votes.

Rikiji is currently the house of reps candidate for Gusau and Tsafe in the 2023 election, whose election was declared inclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

He is contesting the seat together with the serving members Kabiru Amadu Mai Palace, who is from the opposition PDP.

 

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CHAIR ZBIRS, WORKS COMMISSIONER, DELIVERS POLING UNITS

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The Chairman of Zamfara State Board of Internal Revenue Service, Ali Akilu Dama Bungudu has also delivered his poling unit.

His party the APC scored a total (173) to defeat the PDP who scored (111) votes.

Similar votes were also recorded for both political parties at the level of State assembly elections.

Similarly, Zamfara State Commissioner for Works Rabiu Garba Gusau has delivered his poling units with a wide margin to defeat the PDP.

APC scored (96) votes to defeat the opposition People’s Democratic Party, which scored (16) votes for both the Governorship election and state assembly for Gusau (1) at his poling unit.

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SHA’AYAU S. PAWA MAFARA SCORES (502) VOTES TO DEFEAT PDP WITH ZERO VOTE.

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A political ally of former Governor Yari Sha’ayau Yusuf S. Paws has defeated PDP in his Township Primary school poling unit in Talatar Marafa local government area of Zamfara State.

According to an official result sheet, the politician who is a member of All Progressives Congress (APC) scored (502) votes to defeat the PDP who scored (0) votes.

The politician has made history since 2015 by maintaining the only poling units which opposition party has never won a single vote during election.

He repeated the same history during the 2023 Presidential and national assembly elections conducted three weeks back, when PDP failed to score a single vote.

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