The Jigawa State House of Assembly has passed a N58 billion supplementary estimate for the 2025 fiscal year.

The legislation followed the adoption of a report by the House Committee on Appropriations at the plenary on Thursday.

Chairman of the committee, Ibrahim Hamza-Adamu, said the supplementary budget arose from expected additional revenue accruing to the state from the federation account.

“The 2025 Appropriation Law appropriated the sum of N698,300,000,000 only for the recurrent and capital expenditure programme of the state during the 2025 fiscal year.

“With additional N58,000,000,000 of the supplementary appropriation budget, the total appropriation for the year will now be N756,300,000,000 only,” he said.

Hamza-Ibrahim urged the House to adopt effective oversight to ensure utilisation of the allocated funds in the approved areas.

The deputy speaker, Sani Isiyaku, who presided over the plenary, put the motion to a vote, and it was adopted unanimously by the members.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the House approved the N689.3 billion Appropriation Bill for 2025 on December 31, 2024.

The budget tagged “Budget of Innovation and Transformation for Greater Jigawa” is made up of N90.7 billion personnel cost, N70 billion recurrent expenditure, and N537 billion in capital expenditure.

The lawmakers also approved N17 billion for the 27 local government areas of the state

The Dawanau Grains Market Association in Kano State has called for stronger collaboration with the Kano Electricity Distribution Company to improve power supply to the market.

A statement on Thursday by KEDCO’s Head of Corporate Communications, Sani Bala, said the association’s president, Muttaka Isa, appealed when he led a delegation on a courtesy visit to the company’s Managing Director, Dr Abubakar Jimeta, on Wednesday.

According to the statement, the visit was aimed at enhancing electricity supply for the operational efficiency of the Dawanau Grains Market, described as one of West Africa’s largest grain hubs.

Isa said the partnership would ensure all stakeholders benefit from ongoing and future projects.

He said, “We sincerely appreciate the efforts of KEDCO’s core investor, Future Energies Africa, its board of directors, and management in supporting the market’s development.

Reliable electricity is crucial to our operations, and we believe that with closer collaboration, we can unlock even more value for our members and the region’s economy.

“We wish to collaborate more with KEDCO, especially in expanding energy access within and around the market, and work out modalities to ensure that energy users in the market use it in an authorised manner.”

In his response, Jimeta reaffirmed KEDCO’s commitment to working closely with key economic clusters such as the Dawanau Market, acknowledging their strategic role in the region’s agro-economic landscape.

He also pledged to explore innovative solutions to meet the market’s energy needs.