The Kwara State governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed, yesterday presented a revised 2014 budget of N115,601,272, 274 before the state House of Assembly for approval and passage into law.

Ahmed's request was contained in a letter he sent to the House and read by the speaker, Mr Rasaq Atunwa during yesterday's plenary.

According to the governor's letter, the review represents 11.3 per cent drop of the previous budget which was N130, 262,850,907.

The new recurrent debt in the budget now stands at N14, 083,759,839, the recurrent non-debt becomes N49,483,185 while the new total capital expenditure is now N52,517,029, 250.

The governor urged the House to approve the revised budget in good time.

The speaker, Mr Rasaq Atunwa directed the Business and Rules Committee of the House to work on the revised budget and present it for first reading.

In another message, the governor requested the legislature to pass Education Law Amendment Bill 2014 into law.

The bill seeks to allow transfer of privately-owned schools to the state government to enhance the performance of the education sector in the state.