Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has earmarked N90 billion to fight crime, tackle educational decay and solve environmental problems in the state.

This was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Ben Akabueze.

He disclosed that with N90 billion, the state would be able to tackle these problems.

According to him, N11.5 billion was earmarked in the budget for crime prevention, while N25 billion was budgeted for environmental protection and N53 billion to tackle educational decay.

He disclosed further that N35 billion was earmarked for housing and community amenities, while N24 billion was set aside for health, among others.

On the N40 billion budget cut from the 2010 budget, Akabueze said the state government might consider going for a supplementary budget to cushion the effect of the budget cut.

“It is noteworthy that the 2010 budget will also have a budget assistance input from the World Bank. This is a major contribution to the process of achieving the aims and objectives of the budget,” he said.

The commissioner disclosed that between 2007 and 2008, the state government had received N1.3 billion from the Federal Government as conditional grant plus a marching grant of N565.6 million.

“In the last two years, the 20 local governments and 37 LCDAs have benefited either under rehabilitation or construction of new projects and supply of equipment.

”The scheme delivered at least two Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs) in each LGAs and LCDAs making a total of 114 PHCs that are presently supporting healthcare delivery at the primary level.

“The 2009 grants amounting to N494.5 million which had just been approved is also targeting poverty reducing activities designed to increase the rural economy as well as significant reduction of water borne diseases in the designated LGAs/LCDAs,” he stated.

On the forthcoming 5th Lagos Economic Summit, with the theme, Lagos: Investment Opportunities in Africa’s Emerging Model Mega-city, Akabueze said the summit is to showcase the various investment opportunities available in the state.

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As long as the money is well spent, i think it is a good amount, infact, they might need more, cos education in Lagos needs help.

This topic is terribly misleading. #90illion is not for fighting crime alone.

N11.5 billion was earmarked in the budget for crime prevention, while N25 billion was budgeted for environmental protection and N53 billion to tackle educational decay.

@Poster,

Can you kindly edit your story. Its misleading.

Its only N11.5 billion that was earmarked for crime prevention.

chosen04:

@Poster,

Can you kindly edit your story. Its misleading.

Its only N11.5 billion that was earmarked for crime prevention.

Some of the posters show what they stand for when you read their posts

chosen04:

@Poster,

Can you kindly edit your story. Its misleading.

Its only N11.5 billion that was earmarked for crime prevention.

So, 11.5 billion Naira is not a lot of money, huh?

Dear God, billion, million?
Where is this amount coming from?
Surely not in Nigeria where poverty prevails amongst the citizens

Give this billions to Lagosian say 10,000/month and see crime reduce drastically.Even if CIA and MOSSAD are contracted,the upsurge in crime will continue to triple.Poverty and joblessness should be tackled,they are the real cause.Nonsense!

FL Gators:

Dear God, billion, million?
Where is this amount coming from?
Surely not in Nigeria where poverty prevails amongst the citizens

Haba . . .Let us be real, you mean this is too much to fight crime is crime infested state like Lagos?
How much would be used in NY to fight crime?

naija_swag:

Give this billions to Lagosian say 10,000/month and see crime reduce drastically.Even if CIA and MOSSAD are contracted,the upsurge in crime will continue to triple.Poverty and joblessness should be tackled,they are the real cause.Nonsense!

Lol

mama-gee:

So, 11.5 billion Naira is not a lot of money, huh?

Obviously not what he claimed/was claiming. This has to do with the misleading title, not what you misread and miscomprehended.

Fhemmmy:

Haba . . .Let us be real, you mean this is too much to fight crime is crime infested state like Lagos?
How much would be used in NY to fight crime?

What is the per capita income of persons living in NY and that of Lagos.What is the unemployment rate in both cities.Use your head.If you like spend 500billion dollars,that is when the crime will surge higher because banks will have enough to be looted and political contractors will be attacked and looted.The problem with Nigeria and Africa is that we don't know what our problem is.

Fhemmmy:

Haba . . .Let us be real, you mean this is too much to fight crime is crime infested state like Lagos?
How much would be used in NY to fight crime?

Iyen ko n se nkan to yami lenu.
Where this amount of money is coming from is where I want to know.
Na every day a thread go talk say "million" "billion" of nairas.

FL Gators:

Iyen ko n se nkan to yami lenu.
Where this amount of money is coming from is where I want to know.
Na every day a thread go talk say "million" "billion" of nairas.

There is a lot of money been generated in Lagos per year, just not been managed properly.
And if the federal govt is allocating based on what they are making from the state, it is possible to have that much

Fhemmmy:

As long as the money is well spent, i think it is a good amount, infact, they might need more, cos education in Lagos needs help.

For Real Man.
Public schools especially the primary schools urgently need serious funding.

babapupa:

Obviously not what he claimed/was claiming. This has to do with the misleading title, not what you misread and miscomprehended.

@babapupa

You nxt drink is on mine.

No better way to say it. The post is obviously misleading and should be corrected immediately

chic2pimp:

For Real Man.
Public schools especially the primary schools urgently need serious funding.

Yes oh, and they need some money for maintenance as well

chic2pimp:

For Real Man.
Public schools especially the primary schools urgently need serious funding.

urgently, I'm tired of reading bullets from the likes of becommrich

Fhemmmy:


There is a lot of money been generated in Lagos per year, just not been managed properly.
And if the federal govt is allocating based on what they are making from the state, it is possible to have that much

hmmm really. I been say naija is a rich country, you just cant see it

FL Gators:

urgently, I'm tired of reading bullets from the likes of becommrich
hmmm really. I been say naija is a rich country, you just cant see it

Whoever say nija is poor is a joker.

Fhemmmy:

Yes oh, and they need some money for maintenance as well

That is where the problems lie, 'MAINTENANCE'
Many schools are in the state they currently are cuz of Neglect.

FL Gators:

urgently, I'm tired of reading bullets from the likes of becommrich

You'll be suprised but Becoompoor actually attended private owned schools throughout his stay in Nigeria
That dude is a headcase  

chic2pimp:

That is where the problems lie, 'MAINTENANCE'
Many schools are in the state they currently are cuz of Neglect.
You'll be suprised but Becoompoor actually attended private owned schools throughout his stay in Nigeria
That dude is a headcase  

Nigerians generally have no clue what maintenance is all about.
See some fine houses and see how a little brush of paint cld make them come alive again

Fhemmmy:

Nigerians generally have no clue what maintenance is all about.
See some fine houses and see how a little brush of paint cld make them come alive again

I made a thread about that a long while ago.
I generally thought it was against Nigeria's culture to repaint their homes after many years of fading

chic2pimp:

[size=13pt]That is where the problems lie, 'MAINTENANCE' Many schools are in the state they currently are cuz of Neglect.[/size]
You'll be suprised but Becoompoor actually attended private owned schools throughout his stay in Nigeria
That dude is a headcase 

Please echo that ooo!!!

@Poster, even if all that N 90billion was applied, in a place like Lagos, I would say GOOD MOVE. That states needs serious work on security to get where it plans to.

FL Gators:

I made a thread about that a long while ago.
I generally thought it was against Nigeria's culture to repaint their homes after many years of fading

I thought as much too.
Also, it beats me when i went to Nigeria and u see a lot of nice homes but the roads that leads there are jungle and nonsense.

FLGator said:

I made a thread about that a long while ago.
I generally thought it was against Nigeria's culture to repaint their homes after many years of fading

Omo e be like say u no know say bobs dey fear say if dem house begin shine again, robbers go assume say betta don land from Yankee, come raid the crib. 

Due to public opinion which this medium is meant for, I have actually adjusted the topic to suit the thread as everybody is here to learn from each other.

Thnaks for the responses so far.

Considering its secondary allocation for security
to augment the usual allocation to the forces from
the FG, it sounds good.

But there is still a whole lot more to be done, and the
whole 90 billion would probably be gulped in a jiffy by
the demands of security alone.