An Examination of Budget of Gombe State 2018 on Critical Sectors

Budgeting in the public sector is a document or a collection of documents that refers to the financial condition of the government (Turns, 2006). A budget is prospective in the sense that it refers to expected future revenue and expenditure.

This assignment write-up  examines Gombe state 2018 approved budget tagged “Budget of Enhance Economic Growth and Development” as what could be partly referred to as a follow up budget of the erstwhile 2017 budget tagged “Budget of Sustainability”, with special focus on certain critical sectors of the state economy.

The approved 2018 budget, made up of N52.9 billion as recurrent expenditure and N61.2 billion as capital expenditure as opposed to 2017 budget’s 52 billion and 40.7 billion respectively was according to the incumbent Governor done bearing in mind the experiences and economic challenges the nation went through in 2017 and with commitment to providing a secured livelihood for the people of Gombe State and to restore their confidence in the present democratic system through the provision of opportunities that will enhance economic growth and development.