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ENUGU GOVT MAPS OUT N146BN FOR EQUIPPING ITS SMART SCHOOLS IN 2025
The Enugu State government has allocated the sum of N146 billion for equipping the Smart Schools across the 260 political wards in the state, while N100 billion is for the construction of “200 Integrated Model Smart schools Comprising of three classroom block for Nursery, six classroom blocks for primary and six classroom blocks for junior secondary in the 260 wards in the 17 local government areas of the state.”
Additionally, N500 million is mapped out for the first phase of construction of 3 3-storey buildings for the standard Library, Auditorium and classroom at Awgu Campus.
The Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr, Chris-Roberts Ozongwu, gave these figures on Thursday, during the breakdown of the 2025 Enugu state Budget Appropriation at the Enugu NUJ Press Centre.
He further disclosed that the sum of N55 billion has been allocated for the construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of urban and rural roads in the 2025 fiscal year.
Additionally, the government has set aside funds for various offices, including N50.27 billion for the Office of the Governor, N665.71 million for the Deputy governor’s office, and N3.42 billion for the Office of the Secretary to the State Government.
These allocations are part of the state’s overall budget of N971 billion for 2025, which was presented by governor Peter Mbah to the Enugu State House of Assembly. The budget proposal includes significant investments in education, healthcare, and infrastructure development.
Ozongwu, also said that the dualising of the Nike-Ugwuogo- Opi-Nsukka Road will gulp the sum of N10 billion, while the sum of N1 billion will go for the completion of Ugwuogo Nike-Agu Ukehe-Umunko Road as well as the 15km Phase in Igbo Etiti/Enugu local government areas.
On Sports Ozongwu said that N10 billion would be used for the renovation of Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, while N3 billion is for the revamping of Awgu Games Village in Awgu local government area.
On health, the commissioner said that the government will spend N500 million for the establishment of the Enugu Blood Service Commission and N20 billion for the construction of Enugu International Hospital, Rangers Avenue, Enugu.
In the area of agriculture, the commissioner said that N20 billion is set apart for the purchase of 1000 tractors and implements to “assist mechanized farming in Enugu State.”
He said that N52.5 billion is budgeted for the “clearing and development of 100,000 hectares of land for 3 Special Crop Processing Agricultural zone.”
