Kano earmarks N700m for Geographic Information System in 2014
The Kano State Government says it will spend N700 million to boost its Geographic Information system (KANGIS) in 2014.
The Commissioner for Planning and Budget, Alhaji Yusuf Danbatta, made the disclosure at a news briefing in Kano on Friday.
He said that the state government had
fixed Jan. 2, 2014 for the take-off of the re-certification of landed
properties in the state.
Danbatta urged land owners to take proper advantage of the re-certification process to secure and protect their properties.
On health, he said that the government
had earmarked N1.8 billion in the 2014 budget as its counter-part
funding for the malaria booster project.
The project, he said, would be executed
in collaboration with Dangote Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation and the Department for International Development.
On the independent power plant at Tiga
and Challawa Goje dams, the commissioner said over N4.9 billion had been
earmarked in the 2014 budget for the completion of the plant.
He said that the plant, when completed, would boost electricity and potable water supply in the state.
It will be recalled that the state had budgeted over N219. 2 billion for the 2014 fiscal year.
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