Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon.
Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Thursday presented a budget estimate of N98 billion for
2018 to the state House of Assembly.
This came with applause from the
House for what they called Ugwuanyi’s transparency and due process in handling
the State’s finances.
The 2018 proposed budget tagged,
“Budget of Sustainable Economic Growth,” was presented to the House during a
special session attended by several stakeholders in the State.
The Governor, who outlined series
of his achievements in 2017, said the 2018 budget was N7 billion less than that
of 2017, based on the current realities of the economy of the country.
The governor said out of the
total budget estimate of about N98 billion, about N60 billion was appropriated
for recurrent expenditure while N30 billion was appropriated for capital
expenditure.
Giving an overview of the
implementation of the 2017 budget, Governor Ugwuanyi said his administration
embarked on massive infrastructure development in the outgoing year, adding
that about 26 road projects were commissioned while many others were under
construction.
He said in spite of the economic
downturn in the country, especially the economic recession, which lasted for
about 15 months, his administration made interventions in various critical
sectors such as health, education, water resources, rural development, urban
renewal and security.
Governor Ugwuanyi listed among
the roads commissioned in the outgoing year, the Opi-Nsukka Dual carriageway,
the Ninth Mile-Nsude-Amah Brewery bypass, the Emene Old Road, from Airport to
Ekeh Obinagu, and some failed portions of federal roads, such as the
Nsukka-Obollo Afor highway.
Ugwuanyi said in the coming year,
his administration intends to provide more dividends of democracy to the people
of Enugu State and sustain the achievements so far made towards boosting the
economy of the state.
In his remarks, the Speaker of
the Enugu State House of Assembly, Edward Ubosi, assured the governor that the
House would give expeditious hearing to the 2018 budget like it did to the
previous ones.
“We will leave no stone unturned
to ensure speedy passage; I assure you of a collaboration between the three
arms; we assure you of our support.
“No doubt the state is
experiencing good governance through the process of accountability and
transparency. He does not spend any money without having recourse to this
House”, he said.
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