Sanwo-Olu writes Lagos Assembly, seeks to re-order 2020 Budget of N1.168Tn to N920.5Bn
The Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has written the Lagos State House of Assembly requesting for the re-ordering of the year 2020 budget of the state from N1.68 Trillion to N920.5 Billion.
The letter of the governor was read on the floor by the Clerk of the House, Mr. Azeez Sanni during plenary on Tuesday June 1, 2020.
The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa has therefore directed the House Joint Committees on Budget and Economic Planning and Finance to work on the re-ordering of the budget of the state in line with the governor’s request.
Giving the directive after a voice vote which he personally conducted by him, based on a request for the budget re-ordering, the Speaker gave the committees one week within which to report back to the House.
The Lagos State government had recently disclosed plans to reorder the 2020 N1.168tn budget following current economic challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Sam Egube; and Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, stated this during an inter-ministerial press briefing in Alausa, Ikeja.
Egube had said that the reordering became necessary in view of the slump in the world oil price as well as the reduction in Internally Generated Revenue of the state.
He said, “We are working assiduously to review the budget to refocus, reorder and take into consideration the current challenges. We need to do this to give us the best chance of stimulating the economy and ensuring that the post-COVID-19 response economy will be strong, and enduring.”
The House also mourned a former member of the Senate, who represented Lagos Central Senatorial District, Alhaji Muniru Muse, who died on Tuesday at 81.
Speaking on the demise of the politician, Hon. Mojisola Miranda, (Apapa Constituency 1) said that the senator died in the early hours of Tuesday June 1.
“Senator Muniru Muse was our leader in Lagos Central, Apapa in particular. He was a clerk in the Nigerian Port Authority and he later rose to become the Port Manager.
“He was the executive chairman of Apapa Local Government for two terms, and he later represented Lagos Central at the Senate for one term.
“I want us to observe a minute silence on his behalf and write a letter of condolence to his family,” she said.
The requests were later granted as the Speaker directed the Clerk of the House to write a condolence letter to the family of the deceased.
