FG, states voted N7.5% of N43tr budgets on education in 3 years

combined votes of N12.5 trillion. local governments’ funds,” the report said. (LGs) N376.5 billion for education.

This figure is higher than the N243.4 billion education budgets of 12 southern states in 2017.

In 2016, the southern states voted N292. 4 billion for education. two consecutive years. It is planning to spend N126.3 billion this year, having spent N92.4 billion last year.

Other top spenders include Ogun which is planning to spend N79.2 billion, having spent N47 billion in 2017.

Sokoto which spent N38 billion in 2017 has budgeted N57.5 billion for the sector this year.

Rivers is planning to spend N50 billion on education this year having spent only N30 billion last year.

Katsina budget also rose from N16.5 billion last year to N42.4 billion in 2018.

Kaduna’s education vote dropped from N45 billion in 2017 to N33 billion in 2018.

Borno’s education allocation dropped from N33 billion in 2017 to N27.2 billion this year.

There was an increase in Kano’s vote from N17.5 billion in 2017 to N21 billion in 2018.

Bauchi’s budget rose from N27 billion in 2017 to N31 .5 billion in 2018.

Bayelsa’s education vote rose from N13.5 billion in 2017 to N22 billion this year, while that of Delta rose from N12 billion to N18.7 billion.

Nasarawa voted N24.3 billion for the sector this year, against last year’s N11.8 billion; and Yobe earmarked N23 billion this year, up from 2017’s N17.7 billion.

Gombe voted (N31.4bn), Imo (N13.5bn), Zamfara (N13.3bn), Akwa Ibom (N10.5bn), Kwara (N12.6bn), and Plateau (N11bn).