The Ogun State House of Assembly on Monday passed the 2026 Appropriation Bill of N1,668,997,993,125.44, presented by Governor Dapo Abiodun barely 26 days ago.
The passage followed the presentation of the report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation by its Chairman, Musefiu Lamidi, who subsequently moved the motion for its adoption.
The motion was seconded by Folawewo Salami and supported by the entire House through a voice vote during plenary presided over by Speaker Oludaisi Elemide at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
The bill was later read and adopted clause by clause before the Committee of the Whole House. The motion for its third reading was then moved by the Majority Leader, Yusuf Sheriff, seconded by the Minority Leader, Lukman Adeleye, and supported unanimously by all lawmakers through a voice vote.
The Clerk and Head of the Legislative Service, Mr. Sakiru Adebakin, subsequently took the third reading of the bill before the State lawmakers, after which the Speaker directed that the clean copy of the bill be transmitted to the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, for his assent.
Earlier, while presenting the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation’s report on the bill titled “H.B. No. 028/OG/2025 – Year 2026 Appropriation Bill”, Lamidi explained that the Assembly had adjusted the budget proposals of three MDAs, leading to a slight upward revision of the Internally Generated Revenue by N2.193bn.
The same figure was deducted from the capital receipt, thereby retaining the total actual budget expenditure of N1.668 trillion initially presented to the Assembly by the governor.
In a related development, the House also passed the 2025 Revised Appropriation Bill and the Revised Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, for 2026–2028.
