The Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Mr Adeniyi Farinto, said the government will ensure that the 2020 budget of the state is passed into law and assented to by Governor Seyi Makinde before the end of this year.
According to The PUNCH, Farinto stated this on Thursday during a one day pre-budget workshop held at the state secretariat, Ibadan.
“When you do budget that runs into another year, it is very difficult to track, monitor and evaluate the performance of the budget.
“Once you have a January to December budget, it is so easy for you to monitor and evaluate the assessment of ministries, departments and agencies,” PUNCH quoted him as saying.
The commissioner explained that a circular had been sent to MDAs directing them to submit their documents to beat the December 31 deadline.
The Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun, Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Muyiwa Ojekunle, Economic Adviser, Mr Musibau Babatunde, and the Head of Service, Alhaja Ololade Agboola, among others, spoke on the policy direction and revenue generation at the meeting, codenamed ‘Budget Realism’.
