Gov Mbah signs N971bn 2025 budget in Enugu

The Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, on Tuesday signed the N971 billion 2025 appropriation bill into law.

The governor signed the bill in the presence of members of the State House of Assembly led by the Speaker, Mr. Uchenna Ugwu, and some top government functionaries at the Government House in Enugu.

Mbah thanked the lawmakers for the speedy passage of the budget and described it as a “massive Christmas gift” to the people of the state.

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.

“If you look at the development model adopted, it takes into account the development challenges we have across our state and we have the responsibility to make sure that nobody or section of the state is left out.

“In terms of growth, we recognised very early that the incremental growth model would not cut it for us. The rest of the world will not wait for us and development is not something that you wish into existence. You must be very intentional about it.

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“So, our growth strategy is the one that adopts an exponential growth model.”

The governor assured the people of the state that by January 1, 2025, they would march towards Enugu’s greatness and development.

In his remark, the speaker attributed the early passage of the budget to the involvement of the parliament in the budget preparation.

“We were part of the process that produced those figures in the first place because we were carried along.

“We did not have to change anything because, behind closed doors, we had done the job already before the budget was presented,” he stated.

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