Oshiomole Presents 2015 budget of N156.551b

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomole, on Tuesday, September 23^rd, presented a budget of the N156.551b size for the 2015 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly.

The budget was tagged “Budget of Developmental Consolidation”, the governor clarified that the budget was formulated to fulfil the consolidation of the administration’s development agenda, focusing on the core sectors of the government, viz: infrastructure, education and health.

According to the Governor, the budget consists of N87.56billion, representing 55.77 per cent of the total budget, as capital expenditure and the proposed recurrent expenditure is N68.99 billion, representing 44.23 percent of the total budget.

Oshiomole further analyzed the sectoral distribution of the proposed budget, N18.5 billion for the environment and education sector, N18.1 billion; road infrastructure, N16.95 billion; health, N9.295 billion; judiciary, N2.955bn; agriculture, N1.005 billion for water resources and water supply, N0.981 billion and N0.500 billion for electrification of rural area in the capital budget for the energy sub-sector.

The governor stated “more work is ahead because for whom much is given, much is expected. We are also racing against time I am sure that this realization will inform the disposition of this honourable House to this budget proposal for 2015 fiscal year.”

Conclusively, he said “let me at this stage once again place my deep appreciation to Mr. Speaker and honourable House for their cooperation and support extended to their executive arm, which in no small measure accounted to the positive achievements of this administration.”

Fashola Met With Ebola Survivors In Lagos

The executive Governor of Lagos State, Governor Babatunde Fashola hosted Five Ebola survivors yesterday, September 18, 2014, in State house, Ikeja, Lagos, south-west region in Nigeria.

The survivors narrated their different ordeal from the widespread Ebola Virus Disease. The survivors viewed their liberation from this deadly virus as a miracle. 

The survivors who were Dennis Akagha, the fiancé of late Justina Ejelonu, the pregnant 25-year-old nurse who worked at the First Consultant Hospital and died after making contact with Patrick Sawyer, Dr Fadipe Akinniyi, Dr. Ibeawuchi Morris, Dr. Adaora Igonoh and Kelechi Enemuo, wife of late Dr. Iyke Samuel Enemuo, who died in Port Harcourt after contracting the disease from Olu-Ibukun Koye, an ECOWAS official he treated secretly.

 

One of the Survivors, who identify himself as Dr. Igonoh said:

“It is a day of joy. I want to say that we are here today because of God. It was He that made us to survive. We are privileged to see this day and to be here with everybody, it is an honour. Thank you so much, Governor Fashola, we can’t thank you for everything."

Another survivor, Dennis Akagha said: “I really want to appreciate and commend everything you have done.”

The governor later ordered that a minute of silence to be observed in honour of those who lost their lives in the brawl against the deadly disease.

Fashola said:

“We sympathize with you for the trauma that you went through. Perhaps it was avoidable. But I am sure that hard lessons have been learned. Beyond that, I must congratulate you the survivors of the EVD. I felicitate with you and members of your family and friends. But most importantly, I thank you so much for coming forward because you took a great thing and you showed so much courage. And you have helped us to take the next step forward. And you have helped us to put an end to the spread of the EVD.”

The deadly Ebola virus has been curtailed in Nigeria through the ubiquitous awareness and the establishment of safety measures across the Federal Republic of Nigeria and these have help in abating the cases to 19, with 8 deaths in addition with the index case, Patrick Sawyer.