The Imo House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the state N381.4 billion 2022 budget.
This followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Budget and Appropriation at the Committee of the Whole House in Owerri.
Presenting the report, the Chairman, Emeka Nduka said that the budget was made up of N96 billion recurrent expenditure and N284 billion capital expenditure.
The speaker, Kennedy Ibeh commended the committee for carefully scrutinising the budget from different government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
He further announced that the budget will take effect from January 1, 2022.
Ibeh also announced the suspension of three lawmakers for boycotting the processes leading to the passage of the budget.
He named them to include Dr Arthur Egwim, Ngozi Obiefule and Mr Oninna Okwara.
He stated that the suspension was done to discourage recalcitrance among the lawmakers.
