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Gov Mbah Presents Record N971bn 2025 Budget to Enugu House of Assembly NEWSFEED024 26th Nov. 2024 … _Crashes Recurrent further to 14% at N133.1bn_ …_ Capital Expenditure rises to N837.9bn … _Again, Education gets over 33% of budget_ … _Ramps up IGR from N37.4bn to N144.7bn in 2024_ ..._Assembly promises early passage_ Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has proposed a record N971bn budget bill for the 2025 fiscal year to the Enugu State House of Assembly. Presenting the estimates entitled “Budget of Exponential Growth and Inclusive Prosperity” at the floor of the House on Tuesday, Mbah said the proposed estimates comprised N837.9bn Capital Expenditure, representing 86 per cent of the budget estimates, and a Recurrent Expenditure component of N133.1bn, representing only14 per cent of the budget. This topples the record-holding 2024 budget of N521.5bn, consisting of N414.3bn Capital Expenditure, representing 79 per cent of...

Mbah Woos Investors at Day of German Unity Event NEWSFEED024 22nd Nov. 2024 … _Says Enugu Ready for Business_ Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has urged German and other foreign investors to take opportunities of the investment-friendly climate and investment opportunities in Enugu State. Mbah, who was the guest of honour and guest speaker at a dinner hosted in Lagos by the Consul General of Germany, Weert Bomer, to mark the 34 years of the reunification of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in 1990, noted that what a unified Germany had achieved economically, politically, and socially “stand as a bold indicator of the power of unity and true reintegration.” While noting that Enugu City gained preeminence after the discovery of coal in vast quantities 115 years ago, the governor, however said that nations and states could not continually revel in past glorie...

Ekpa, a Terrorist, Knows Nothing About Biafra, Enugu State Govt Hails Arrest NEWSFEED024 22nd Nov. 2024 … _Says Enugu ready to provide evidence against Ekpa_ Enugu State Government has commended the Government of the Republic of Finland for the arrest of the Finland-based leader of the criminal gang, Autopilots, Simon Ekpa, describing him as a common criminal, con man, and terrorist, who has no interest of Igbo people at heart. The government also described Ekpa as a murderer and fraudster, who delights in killing his people and living large off their misery, saying that Enugu State was ready and willing to provide evidence of Ekpa-sponsored atrocities against Ndigbo to aid his trial and conviction, whether in Finland or Nigeria. These were contained in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, on Friday. “The Enugu State Government welcomes the arrest of the Finland-based terrorist, Simon Ekpa.  "His arrest and t...

President Tinubu is determined to end all forms of insecurity in S/East – Minister NEWSFEED024 21st Nov. 2024 The Minister of Defence, Dr Badaru Abubakar, says that President Bola Tinubu is determined to end all forms of insecurity in the South-East and Cross River State of the country.   Abubakar said this on Thursday in Enugu while addressing heads of security agencies and security stakeholders within the South-East and Cross River State.   He noted that President Tinubu-led administration had done  "tremendously well in the past one year in the fight against insecurity throughout the country especially in the South-East and Cross River State axis." “There is a renewed determination to do more in the fight against all forms of insecurity by President Tinubu,” he said. According to him, it is common knowledge, we have recorded successes in the past one year; but President Tinubu is determined to do more with your cooperation and active involvement. He said, “...