Presided over by the Speaker Yakubu Sanda, the appropriation bill as passed by the lawmakers is N10 billion higher than the figure of N106.8 billion submitted to the House by the state Governor Simon Lalong.
Yahaha Adamu, House Committee Chairman on Appropriation during plenary, said that the increment was necessitated by needs presented by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) during budget defence.
According to him breakdown of the budget indicated a total of N76.7 billion only as recurrent estimate and N40 billion only as capital estimate.
The recommendatons urged the Governor to sponsor a bill seeking the alteration of the law establishing the College of Arts, Science and Remedial Studies Kurgwi.
The House Majority Leader, Daniel Nanlong during plenary moved a motion for a matter of urgent public importance on the breach of security on Sunday at Jos custodial centre of the Nigeria Correctional Service.
Nanlong expressed concern that in spite of the the high powered security formations within and around the centre, the attackers still succeeded.
He expressed fear that the escapees posed a great danger to the society especially the hardened criminals among them.
The House also received a committee report of the Plateau State Land Administration Bill 2020 as read by Chairman House Committee on Land, Survey and Town Planning which subsequently passed third reading.
Appropriation Committee report on the request for virement of funds from heads of five ministries for the takeover and completion of the Inland Container Deport at Heipang-Jos, Plateau from the 2021 Budget was also received.
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