Okezie Ikpeazu, Abia Governor Tests Positive for COVID-19

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – Abia state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has tested positive for COVID-19 and had since gone into isolation. The state commissioner of information, John Okiyi Kalu, announced this in a statement on Monday. He said the governor had gone into isolation before his result returned positive, and that he has directed the deputy governor to act on his behalf pending the time he resumes duty. “Consequent on the above, the Governor has directed his Deputy, Rt Hon Ude Oko Chukwu, to act on his behalf pending his full resumption of duties. “We wish to urge all Abians to take the fight against COVID-19 serious as the disease is real but not a death sentence. Our state has the resources to manage patients back to good health.” Precise Post recalls that Abia state on Sunday recorded the highest number of COVID-19 infections in the 36 state of the federation with 69 new cases.

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Ikpeazu Presents N136.6bn Budget Estimates For 2020

By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, – Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia on Monday presented N136,617 billion Appropriation Bill for the 2020 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly.The bill, tagged “Budget of economic repositioning”, has a Capital Expenditure outlay of N69.8 billion, representing 51.1 per cent, and Recurrent Expenditure of N66.8 billion, representing 48.9 per cent. Ikpeazu said that the budget outlay was less than N140. 9 billion for 2019 because of his administration’s resolve to formulate a realistic budget.He further said that government would work hard to improve revenue generation and expenditure management approach. The budget also had an expected  Recurrent Revenue of N106.9 billion, which is made of N67.2 billion from the statutory allocation from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), representing 63.9 per cent of the revenue.News of Agency Nigeria (NAN) reports that it also had a projected Independent Revenue of N39.6 billion, representing 37.1 per cent of the revenue.The governor said that the draft estimates were intended to strategically strengthen his administration’s achievement, especially in creating conducive environment for local and foreign investors. According to him, the budget will …

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