By Tony Adibe
The government of Enugu State has set aside the sum of fifty-five billion Naira, N55 bn, for the construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of urban and rural roads for the 2025 fiscal year.
Also, the government has budgeted the sum of N50, 268,191,200 for the Office of the Governor; N665,711,810, for Deputy Governor’s Office and N3, 416,153,416 for the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, SSG out of the over N971 bn appropriated for the year under review.
Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Barr. Chris-Roberts Ozongwu, said this during the breakdown of the 2025 budget estimate at the Press Centre, Enugu on Thursday.
Ozongwu, said that the dualising of the Nike-Ugwuogo- Opi-Nsukka Road will gulp the sum of N10 billion, while the sum of N1 billion will go for completion of Ugwuogo Nike-Agu Ukehe-Umunko Road as well as the 15km Phase in Igbo Etiti/Enugu local government areas.
On Sports Ozongwu said that N10 billion would be used for the renovation of Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, while N3 billion is for the revamping of Awgu Games Village in Awgu local government area.
The sum of N146 billion, he said, was mapped out for the equipping of the Smart Schools across the 260 political wards in the state, while N100 billion would be for the construction of “200 Integrated Model Smart Comprising of 3 classroom block for Nursery, 6 classroom block for primary and 6 classroom block for junior secondary in the 250 wards in the 17 local government areas.”
Also, Ozongwu said that N500 million is mapped out for the first phase construction of 3 storey building for standard Library, Auditorium and classroom at Awgu Campus.
In the health sector, the Commissioner said that the government will spend N500 million for the establishment of Enugu Blood Service Commission and N20 billion for construction of Enugu International Hospital, Rangers Avenue, Enugu.
In the Agriculture sector, the commissioner said that N20 billion is set apart for the purchase of 1000 tractors and implements to “assist mechanized farming in Enugu State. He said that N52.5 billion is budgeted for the “clearing and development of 100,000 hectares of land for 3 Special Crop Processing Agricultural zone.”
