Dayo OjerindeLagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has presented a budget of N852.13bn to the Lagos State House of Assembly. Explaining the shortfall in the 2019 budget, Ambode said the budget performance of 2018 was put into consideration before preparing the 2019 budget. “The overall 2018 budget stood at 60 per cent and that was put into consideration in preparing the 2019 budget. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Tuesday presented the 2019 budget proposal of N852.316 billion to the state House of Assembly. In his presentation to the House, Ambode said that the budget was projected to consolidate on the economic gains made so far by capitalising on realistic, budget friendly programmes and projects.

Source: Punch February 05, 2019 14:30 UTC