By Ekebuisi Okorocha 

 FCT Committee Chairman,  Senator Smart Adeyemi has  listed some critical areas that the new FCT 2023 budget seeks to address in the capital territory. 

Fielding questions from Journalists after the passage of FCT N607.9billion on Wednesday, Senator Adeyemi said  the National Assembly deliberately put the Capital Expenditure at 64 per cent of the total budget to ensure that all ongoing projects are completed for the benefit of residents of the FCT.

He also  disclosed that a lot of money is earmarked for  education in order to provide more class rooms and other necessary education materials in all FCT schools. 

” During our  oversight activities to schools in FCT, we are shocked to discover that more than 80 pupils are put in one class room and this cannot guarantee quality education. We must ensure that education environment are descent and infrastructures are provided,”; says Smart Adeyemi 

On infrastructural development, he said that money has been provided in the budget for the expansion and rehabilitation of Lower Ozuma Dam and other dams  to provide water for the residents of FCT.

Similarly,  some of the hospitals in the  territory such as Maitama District Hospital, Wuse District Hospital, Asokoro District Hospital, Kubwa District Hospital as well as FCT Semi-Urban Districts Hospital and FCT Satellite District Hospitals will be given deserved attention. 

Also on the issue of insecurity, Senator Adeyemi said with the passage of the 2022 FCT budget, insecurity will be drastically reduced as security lights would be provided in roads and strategic places in the territory. 

Senator Adeyemi however explained that the delay in the  passage of the 2022 budget will not affect the capital implementation aspect of the budget. 

It would be recalled that  the nineth National Assembly prides itself for ensuring that  Appropriation bills are  scheduled to end on the 31st December every year.