‘Why National Assembly Amended 2022 Supplementary Budget As Requested By President Tinubu’

The Senate Majority Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has explained the reason behind the decision of the National Assembly to speedily amend and pass the 2022 supplementary budget as requested by President Bola Tinubu.

Speaking on Sunday, Senator Bamidele said the lawmakers took the decision to enable President Bola Tinubu to provide palliatives to Nigerians to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal and address other economic challenges.

He added that an amount of money has been set aside for the completion of projects across the states of the federation, including a total sum of 4 billion naira set aside for various road projects in Ekiti state.

Naija News reports Senator Bamidele is the lawmaker representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly.

He spoke in Ikogosi Ekiti after a church service held at the First Baptist Church to commemorate the 90th birthday of the father of the state governor, Pa Ezekiel Olakunle Oyebanji.

Speaking further on how the budget will benefit Ekiti state, the lawmaker said, “Some of the new projects that were approved, I believe will be in overall best interest of Ekiti people.

“One of them was the sum of N2 billion that was approved for the construction of Iyin-Ilawe Ekiti road which is something that we believe will connect, not only the two communities, but will connect Ekiti Central Senatorial District with Ekiti South Senatorial District.

“Recently, Federal College of Education was recently approved for Ilawe Ekiti, the road will also serve the purpose of trying to open up the community to make life easier even for that campus. And then of course, the other projects approved in the budget was also the sum of N1 billion for the construction of inner roads in Ado Ekiti and another N1 billion for the construction of inner roads in Ijero Ekiti .

“I want to say that these are all parts of the extension of the infrastructural development drives of His excellency, Governor Biodun Oyebanji. he met with all of us and he gave us list of projects that were of utmost concern for him”.