The Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has presented the 2025 budget estimate of N605.7 billion to the State House of Assembly for consideration and approval.
the governor presented the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the House today in Benin City.
Okpebholo said the budget tagged, ‘Budget of Renewed Hope for a Rising Edo’, was designed to achieve the goals of his five-point agenda.
He listed the five points as security, infrastructural development, healthcare, food sufficiency and education.
He also added that the budget was prepared with the aim of achieving the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Federal Government.
Okpebholo who said the 2025 budget estimate was 25 percent higher than the 2024 budget also gave the sectorial breakdown of the budget as N162 billion for road development across the state, N48 billion for education, N63.9 billion for health, N1.8 billion for the health insurance scheme and N4.5 billion for the agricultural sub-sector.
