The Ogun State Ministry of Information has assured the public of its commitment to ramping up mobilisation efforts, while also defending its proposed budget of over billion for the upcoming year.

This development comes as the Ogun State House of Assembly is set to commence defence of the 2025 budget proposals by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communications, Mr. Kayode Akinmade, disclosed this on Friday, while defending the ministry’s budget proposal for next year before the members of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, led by Hon. Musefiu Lamidi at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

Akinmade reassured the Assembly that the ministry was courteous of the principles of separation of powers, and would continue to render the necessary assistance to all arms of government in publicising their activities.

He noted that the next fiscal year would see to the utilisation of more strategies to mobilize the people for positive development, stressing that more reawakening of the people towards embracing the state’s core values alongside branding to leverage on the successes achieved by Dapo Abiodun-led administration’s development projects would also be explored.

To this end, the Ministry proposed a total budget expenditure of N2.023bn for the next fiscal year, out of which N328m would go for capital, N1.23bn for overhead and the remaining N461million would take care of personnel.

Responding, the House Committee members sought more collaborative efforts from the Ministry in mobilising the people towards government laudable policies and programmes.

Other agencies that had their budget proposals defended before the State lawmakers were the State Television (OGTV) and its State Broadcasting Corporation counterpart (OGBC), as well as the State Ministry of Culture and Tourism.