2021 Budget: Diri presents N290.2bn to Bayelsa Assembly: … Infrastructure Gets N34bn, Education N24.9bn

The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has presented an estimated sum of N290.2bn 2021 budget to the House of Assembly which is christened the “Budget of Growth.” Governor Diri, while presenting the N290,295,465,423 Appropriation Bill on the floor of the Assembly, noted that the outgoing year 2020 has been challenging due to the impact of COVID-19 and the ravages of flooding but expressed optimism that 2021 would be one of progress and prosperity for the state. In the budget breakdown, the sectoral allocations showed that N34billion was earmarked for…

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