NIGERIA (Borno)—Governor Kashim Shettima has signed into law the 2014 appropriation bill.

On December 31, 2013, the Governor sent an appropriation bill of N176 billion to the House of Assembly, although it was raised by N28 billion  to the aforementioned amount.

During the ceremony,  the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan who led some lawmakers to the Government House for the budget signing ceremony, disclosed that the budget was increased in order to make the government meet some earlier commitment.

"We found out that your promise to build roads and secondary schools during your visit to some local government areas was not captured, so we decided to increase it to N204 billion," he told the governor.

In his respond, the governor described the situation as another milestone in the state, as he commended the legislature for their cooperation with the executive.