The Abia House of Assembly on Tuesday, passed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of N140, 928, 301, 770.
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu had on Dec. 27, 2017 presented N140, 939, 691, 766 billion as budget to the assembly.
The budget shows 28 per cent increase over that of the 2017 which stood at N111, 728,162,580.
The passage of the bill followed the presentation of the report on the budget by the Deputy Majority Leader, Solomon Akpulonu and seconded by Abraham Oba (Aba Central Constituency).
Mr Kennedy Njoku, the Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, in his report on the budget breakdown said that N68, 481, 101, 770 billion was earmarked for recurrent expenditure.
He also said that N72, 447, 101, 770, was set aside for capital expenditure.
The chairman noted that the 2017 budget was not fully implemented, adding that the economic instability in the country affected the state revenue last year.
