The Enugu State Government has reviewed downwards the 2020 budget of N169.5 billion to N146.4 billion due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The state Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Dr. David Ugwunta made this known during the budget review in Enugu on Tuesday.He stated that the recurrent expenditure was previously N68.790 billion before the review but was slightly increased to N69.790 billion which represented 1.45 per cent.
”In all, the state budget size before the review was N169.557 billion but reduced to N146, 584 billion at 13.67 percent,” he said. Ezeilo urged the participants to contribute to the review of the budget as they were mostly the targeted audience.
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