₦airaland Forum

Keky:
United have just leapfrogged rivals West Brom to 6th place but all people want to talk about is how they're 10 points behind Arsenal. Smh

Spy360:
The difficult part is being there. Positioning. Infact, being able to predict the flow of the ball is the most difficult part of striking. That is why many good players get frustrated when asked to play as CF. That is why the likes of Nzaghi, Nisteroy and Crespo are hard to find these days.

kokaneprodigy:
I think he's the second, Lukaku did earlier, this season.

kokaneprodigy:
Sell Giroud and Ramsey, keep Welbeck and bring Lucas up to speed.

airmark:
elber over batigoal So because samuel murray scored 33 goals in burundi league in 2013 and suarez had 23, barca should have gone for murray with 33 goals as he was a better striker based on your senseless logic. This ajakaja40 na real f00l.

nickxtra:
Why has God not given to us a President in mood and likeness of Ambode?

kokaneprodigy:
Is that y he has a rating of (4)outta 10? He only outperformed Jenkinson(3). That's how shitty he is.
Your Ramsey is dead, stop wasting ur energy defending him.

Spy360:
Because they saw Arsenal, those moronic imbecillles thought a Wednesday EFL game was UCL.


English FA deceived them...

Some must have been searching for Bayern and Barcelona scores...

fredoooooo:
Same league and UCL you won last year abi ?
Abi which kind of fans be this for goodness sake

elrony:
Just negodu Joseph! !!!

fredoooooo:
Make we no be like say I dey vex ,mukina2 , edoyad, naijababe I greet una o

austin360:
Nice one emerging Africa tiger bigger than many African countries budget.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (right), delivering his speech during the presentation of the Y2017 Budget Estimates to the House, at the Assembly Complex, Alausa, Ikeja, on Tuesday, November 29, 2016. With him are Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa (behind) and the acting Clerk of the House, Mr. Azeez Adebowale Sanni (left).
The Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday presented the 2017 budget proposal of N813 billion to the House of Assembly, assuring that the budget would be judiciously implemented to continue the infrastructural renewal and the enhancement of Lagos as one of the foremost tourism and investment destination in Africa.

Mr. Ambode, who tagged the budget “The Golden Jubilee Budget” as it coincides with the State’s 50th Anniversary, said it would focus on physical infrastructure, while social sectors especially health, education, youth and social development would get adequate attention.

“In the course of the 2017 Financial Year, we shall carry out fundamental reforms on all our modes of transportation – Roads, Water and the Walkways. In this wise, a Public Transport Infrastructure Bond will be issued in the course of the year,” Mr. Ambode said.

“The State Government will embark on the Urbanisation of the Marina axis, Waterways Channelization, establishment of more Parks and Gardens as well as the Community Sports Centres and Stadiums in different locations across the State.”

The 2017 budget saw an increase by N150 billion from the 2016 budget.

The budget is also the biggest for any Nigerian state ever.

Giving the key components of the budget, Governor Ambode said recurrent expenditure would gulp N300. 535 billion while N512.464 billion would be dedicated to capital expenditure, representing a Capital/Recurrent ratio of 63 percent to 37 percent.

According to the governor, road construction, rehabilitation and maintenance would be one of the key focuses of the budget, adding that efforts would be geared towards roads that will open up the hinterlands, improve connectivity in the State and reduce travel time.


He listed some of the road projects to include Murtala Mohammed International Airport Road from Oshodi, Agric-Isawo-Owotu-Arepo Road in Ikorodu, Igbe-Igbogbo Phase II- Bola Tinubu Way in Ikorodu, Ijegun Imore Phase II Amuwo in Ojo axis, Oke-Oso-Araga-Poka in Epe, Epe-Poka-Mojoda in the Epe axis and the completion of the Abule-Egba, Ajah and Pen Cinema flyovers.

The governor also said that within the course of the budget implementation, his administration would enter into a Public Private Partnership (PPP) to execute some road projects including Oke Oso-Itoikin dualisation Project in the Epe axis, Okokomaiko-Seme Road Project in Badagry axis and Ikorodu-Agbowa-Itoikin-Ijebu Ode Road Project in Ikorodu axis, just as he disclosed that the Phase II of the 114 Local Government Roads project as well as the construction of the Fourth Mainland Bridge would also kick off in 2017.

“We will fully implement the Medical Health Insurance Scheme and deploy e-Health/ e-insurance Health Service solutions; and complete the on-going upgrading and extension work in the State General Hospitals and Ayinke House in Ikeja. Work will commence on our Medical Park in the 2017 fiscal year,” Mr. Ambode said.

On the revenue expected from federal allocation, the governor said a conservative approach was taken owing to the falling oil prices, which according to him, was about $41.98per barrel at the time of finalising the budget.

He, however, expressed optimism that the state would get an increase in Federal allocation through the 13 percent derivation from Oil and Gas in 2017.

“In view of our financing gap, we shall continue to sustain deficit financing in the short-to-medium term; enhance revenue growth throughout the year on several initiatives including automation and efficient revenue administration,” the governor said.

Giving a sectoral breakdown of the 2017 Budget Estimates, Commissioner for Finance, Akinyemi Ashade, said the governor earmarked N205.85 billion for General Public Services representing 25.32 percent of the budget, N36.43 billion to Public Order and Safety, representing 4.48 percent, while Economic Affairs received a lion share of N295.84 billion representing 36.39 percent.

In other sectors, the commissioner said Environment got N56.31 billion, representing 6.93 percent, Health got N57.29 billion representing 7.05 percent, while Education got N92.4 billion representing 11.37 percent of the budget.

The Commissioner also said the budget would be funded from a total revenue estimate of N642.849billion while the balance of N170.150billion would be funded through a N100bn Bond Issuance program and a combination of internal and external loans.

Receiving the Budget, Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, commended Mr. Ambode for keeping faith with the 2016 budget in the area of implementation, adding that Lagos has witnessed a quantum leap in the last one year.

Mr. Obasa, while assuring the governor that members of the House would give the 2017 fiscal document due diligence for the benefit of Lagosians, called on the Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to furnish the House with all the necessary documents to enable it fast-track the budget approval process.

The Lagos Speaker also seized the occasion to call on the Senate to reconsider the Special Status Bill for Lagos State, saying there was no better time to accord the State such recognition.

raumdeuter:
Atletico has reached 2 of the past 3 finals, Your useless team has only made 1 in a century

raumdeuter:
Atletico are one of the strongest team in EUrope, the amount of Clean sheets they keep is ridiculous.

Lets see where ANcelotti and Bayern are by April before I give my verdict

raumdeuter:
We no go gree oo, No other team sure for us like Arsenal. Ok lets reach an agreement, Use them gently and return them to us in good shape next season where we continue our molest

Lana1:
That ur head like ur gourd.....
Na Verrati and Cavani gve u mouth.
Anyways, we live to party anoda day

Lana1:
This is one parry am not gonna miss

airmark:
See hater, you dont like Pa ramuzaki abi? Why u dey open teeth like sardar azmoun, boathand's shakiti bobo beat producer?

Young john azmoun, the wicked producer.

airmark:
Ruudie help me play style plus imagine that for pa ramuzaki to calm down. So that he wont go and enter rail line and get crushed. Save a soul abeg.