Nigeria, Jan. 31 -- The Kwara State House of Assembly has approved a total of N656.5 billion as the state's total expenditure for the 2026 fiscal year.

The sum represents an increase of N10.5 billion over the estimate presented by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.

The Speaker of the House, Yakubu Salihu, disclosed this at the plenary on Friday following the consideration of the report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation.

A breakdown of the budget shows that the state's recurrent revenue has increased to over N409.6 billion, reflecting an upward review of N10.5 billion.

Meanwhile, recurrent expenditure was reduced to N212.6 billion, a cut of over N6.4 billion, in line with efforts to strengthen fiscal discipline.

The Sp...