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ENUGU GOVERNOR, PETER MBAH, SIGNS N791BN BUDGET INTO LAW
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has signed the N971 billion 2025 budget into law.
Governor Mbah presented the budget to the State Assembly in November and signed it into law on Tuesday after the assembly passed it.
The budget comprises N837.9 billion for capital expenditure, representing 86 per cent of the budget, and a recurrent expenditure component of N133.1 billion, representing 14 per cent.
The governor, while signing the budget into law, thanked members of the Enugu House of Assembly for the speedy passage of the budget, describing it as a “huge Christmas gift” to the Enugu people.
“What we proposed in the budget that you graciously passed, and we signed into law is going to boost our efforts and that march to our desired destination, which is that no person or child of this state will go to bed hungry,” he said.
“What we are witnessing here today is democracy in action. We christened our budget, ‘Budget of Exponential Growth and Inclusive Prosperity’, because it is at the heart of everything we do in the state.”
In attendance during the signing of the budget into law were members of the state assembly led by its Speaker, Uchenna Ugwu and Deputy Speaker, Ezenta Ezeani.
Governor Mbah said his administration has adopted an exponential growth model as a growth strategy for stimulating development in the state.
“If you look at the development model adopted, it is one that takes into account the development challenges we have across our state because, as I have always said, we are only as good as our weakest link.
