Enugu gov presents N971.8bn as 2025 budget

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has presented the state’s 2025 budget proposal of N971.84 billion to the Enugu State House of Assembly for consideration and approval.  The budget, tagged “Exponential Growth and Inclusive Prosperity,” was submitted on Tuesday at the Legislative Complex in Enugu. Mbah emphasised that the budget seeks to lay a solid […]

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has presented the state’s 2025 budget proposal of N971.84 billion to the Enugu State House of Assembly for consideration and approval. 

The budget, tagged “Exponential Growth and Inclusive Prosperity,” was submitted on Tuesday at the Legislative Complex in Enugu.

Mbah emphasised that the budget seeks to lay a solid foundation for economic growth in the state, with a focus on improving infrastructure and social services. 

The proposed budget is over N450 billion higher than the 2024 budget of N521.5 billion, marking an 86.4% increase. 

Giving the breakdown of the budget, the governor said N133.1 billion of the budget would go into recurrent expenditures while N837.9 billion would be spent on capital expenditures. 

On the sectoral budget, he said that N320.6 billion of the budget would go into education; N260 billion to Works and Infrastructure; N82 billion to Agriculture; N45 billion to Health and the Sports sector would get N13 billion.