The Lagos State Government yesterday announced that by 2018,
its yearly budget size will hit N1 trillion while it would increase its
Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to N30billion monthly in 2017 and N50
billion monthly in 2018.
The government, which described the plan as strategic target
to massively reduce its dependence on federal allocation, said it has resolved
to scale up and run efficient revenue collection machinery through the
convergence of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs’) operations and
utilization of cutting edge technologies. In a communiqué issued at the end of
a fourday retreat for members of the State Executive Council, Body of Permanent
Secretaries and heads of government agencies and parastatals in Badagry the
government said it was poised to lifting the state to a new level.
it was gathered that retreat with the theme “Reflect,
Reappraise, Restrategise: Raising the Bar of Governance”, reviewed the policies
of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration and its impact on the residents
as well as emerging challenges in the state.
At the retreat, participants intensively deliberated on the
six pillars of Lagos State Development Plan (LSDP) which included
infrastructural development, sustainable environment, finance, economic
development, social development and security and governance.
According to the communiqué, which was jointly read to
journalists by the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Steve
Ayorinde; Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Akinyemi Ashade and
the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Mr. Fola Adeyemi, the
government assured residents of more developmental strides.
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