The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed a total of ₦1,768,014,155,285 as the budget for the year 2023.
This was made known in a statement released on Monday by Eromosele Ebhomele, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
A breakdown of the approved budget size shows the sum of N748,096,508,571 as Recurrent expenditure and N1,019,917,646,713 as Capital expenditure for the year ending 31st December, 2023. A part of the breakdown for the sectoral allocations also shows that N3,228,396,960 was approved as the new Overhead Cost of the Office of Civic Engagement for drug abuse advocacy.
The sum of N802,97,206 was approved as the new Capital Expenditure of the Ministry of Economic Planning & Budget while N1,200,000,000 was approved as the new Overhead Cost (Social Interventi8on and Humanitarian Programme) in the Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget.
Speaking, Obasa, who presided over the plenary, said the passion with which the lawmakers processed the bill for passage showed their love for the progress of Lagos State.
He also expressed hope that residents of the State would show their satisfaction with the lawmakers and the All Progressives Congress (APC) by voting for candidates of the party in Lagos and at the centre during the forthcoming election.
