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Gombe Assembly Passes N107.7bn 2014 Budget
The Gombe State House of
Assembly has passed the state’s N107.7 billion Appropriation Bill for 2014.
The budget was raised by the lawmakers from N107.4 billion as submitted to them by Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo on December 28, 2013.
This is contained in a statement issued by the legislature’s Chief Information Officer, Alhaji Abubakar Umar, and made available to newsmen in Gombe.
The statement explained that the increase stemmed from consideration given to some areas that were not “properly captured” in the bill.
According to it, Gombe Housing Corporation was omitted, new boarding secondary school at Boltongo, and three new roads from Ngajin Bauchi to Abuja-Jauro and Gambo were not properly captured.
“In view of these, a lot of adjustments were made.
“It brought about a shift in the budget size from N107.453billion to N107.79billion, giving a difference of N345.07million’’, said the statement.
It added that capital expenditure of N64.1 billion took the higher share of the budget while recurrent expenditure was N50.8 billion.
The statement said the Speaker of the Assembly, Alhaji Inuwa Garba, commended the lawmakers, especially the members of the appropriation Committee, for a diligent scrutiny of the bill.
The speaker was quoted as calling on ministries, departments and agencies to ensure effective implementation of the budget in order to deliver dividends of democracy to the people.
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Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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