The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday presented the 2022 Appropriation Bill to the state House of Assembly.
Sanwo-Olu presented a budget estimate of N1.388trn, tagged, ‘Budget of Consolidation.’
The governor, while presenting the budget, said the huge capital expenditure in the 2022 fiscal year was proposed to consolidate the recovery of the state’s economic activities, commerce and investment.
He said, “The Year 2022 budget is the next step on our journey to true and sustainable greatness in Lagos. The challenging environment requires that we focus our interventions on areas of greatest social impact and achieving the greatest good for the greatest number in the shortest possible time. Next year is an excellent opportunity for us to consolidate what we have done so far, and ensure that every effort, investment inflow, partnership, the business policy is translating maximally into a noticeable positive impact in the lives of our people. It is in this light that we are presenting the Year 2022 Budget of Consolidation with a size of N1, 388, 285, 459, 990.51. This financial proposal is presented with a sense of duty and absolute commitment to the transformation of Lagos to a preferred global destination for residence, commerce, and investment. “The budget projects to see a continuing but gradual recovery to growth in economic activity as the global economy cautiously recovers from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
About N823.4bn, representing 59 per cent of the 2022 budget was earmarked for capital expenditure, while N565bn representing41 per cent of the budget was earmarked as recurrent expenditure, which includes personnel cost, overhead and debt services.
The human capital development drive of the administration was projected to take a leap in 2022, with an allocation of 21.24 per cent combined in the total expenditure to education and health.