Emmanuel Awari, Jalingo
The Taraba State House of Assembly has received a proposed supplementary budget of over N148 billion for consideration and approval.
The proposal was contained in an executive communication forwarded to the House by the Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas.
The Governor is seeking the approval of the State House of Assembly for a N148 billion, N262,489,531 supplementary budget for the 2026 fiscal year.
In the letter addressed to the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, dated 11th August 2026, the Governor said the supplementary budget is necessary to address strategic needs that were not captured in the state’s original 2026 Appropriation Law.
The Governor said the state initially approved a N653 Billion, 631 Million, 700 thousand, budget for 2026, comprising N460.39 Billion for capital expenditure and 193.24 Billion naira for recurrent expenditure.
According to him, the state subsequently became eligible for Seven Billion Naira monthly under the States Discounting Programme, providing a new financing window that was not captured in the original budget.
Governor Kefas said the additional resources would support emerging priorities, including security-related initiatives, infrastructure development, and the implementation of the Taraba State Security Advancement and Sustainability Project, SAS-P.
He disclosed that the State Ministry of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning had proposed internal adjustments amounting to N176.33 billion; of this amount, N44.8 billion would come from the approved 2026 contingency fund and be reallocated to ministries, departments and agencies that had exceeded their recurrent expenditure provisions.
He said that the remaining N131.53 billion would be handled through virement and budget revision.
Governor Kefas urged the lawmakers to approve the supplementary budget, saying it would enable the state to strengthen capital development and realign expenditure with emerging priorities and fiscal realities.
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