As witnessed in previous years the 36 states of the federation are still performing the annual ritual of budget proposal.
And by the end of the year, they would have spent the sum of N4.5 trillion or more since Osun State is yet to announce its budget and most of the states will have supplementary appropriations. As has been observed, most of states have announced higher figures than last year.
States that announced lower figures than what they spent last year are Ondo, Oyo, Edo, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Taraba, Benue, Niger and the Federal capital Territory.
Most of the states will depend on statutory allocation and loans to fund their budget as most of them generate less than N500 million monthly from internal sources. States that hope to go above the N500million monthly or N6 billion yearly IGR mark include Rivers (N80 billion), Delta (N61.44 billion), Lagos (N19.912 billion), Sokoto (15.579 billion), Ekiti (N14.3 billion), Anambra (N12.5 billion), Ondo (N12 billion), Benue (N11 billion) and Jigawa (N7.507 billion).
While presenting the budgets, governors as usual deployed fanciful tags, which over the years have had little or no impact on effective implementation of the appropriations. Fanciful themes used in 2013 budgets include “Budget of Integrated Development,” “Budget for sustainable growth,” “Budget of Sustained Prosperity, “Budget of Consolidating the Focused Socio-Economic Transformation Programme,” “A Caring Heart Budget 4,” “Budget of Empowerment and Consolidation,” “Budget of Redemption,” “Budget of sustainable development,” “Budget of Commitment”, “Budget of Partnership,” “Budget of Sustainability,” “Budget of determination,” and “Budget of Consolidation and Advancement” among others.
The next 10 months would tell whether the budgets would live up to their names in terms of improving the lot of Nigerian citizenry.
How states and geo-political zones fared since 2005
SOUTH-EAST
Abia State N666.490 bn
Anambra N603.420 bn
Ebonyi N552.608 bn
Enugu N531.107 bn
TOTAL N3.345 tn
SOUTH-SOUTH
Akwa Ibom N2.650 tn
Bayelsa N1.708 tn
Cross River N838.937 bn
Delta State N2.377
Edo State N848.675
Rivers State N3.079
TOTAL N11.503 tn
SOUTH-WEST
Lagos N3.282 tn
Ekiti N588.340 bn
Ogun N932.380 bn
Ondo N876.375 bn
Osun N576.298 bn *
Oyo 1.045 tn
TOTAL N7.30 tn
* = Osun is yet to publish its 2013 budget estimates
NORTH-EAST
Yobe N531.800 bn
Borno N827.070 bn
Taraba N459.864 bn
Adamawa N526.865 bn
Bauchi N864.124
Gombe N560.428 TOTAL N3.752 tn
NORTH –CENTRAL
FCT, Abuja N1.336 tn
Kogi State N658.250 bn
Kwara N575.370 bn
Benue State N715.852 bn
Plateau N658.746 bn
Nasarawa N584.936 bn
Niger State N668.160 bn TOTAL N5.197 tn
NORTH-WEST
Kano State N1.057 tn
Katsina N684.14 bn
Sokoto N600.91 bn
Zamfara N662.090 bn
Kaduna N1.096 tn
Jigawa N661.138bn
Kebbi State N624.960 bn
TOTAL N5.386 tn
And by the end of the year, they would have spent the sum of N4.5 trillion or more since Osun State is yet to announce its budget and most of the states will have supplementary appropriations. As has been observed, most of states have announced higher figures than last year.
States that announced lower figures than what they spent last year are Ondo, Oyo, Edo, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Taraba, Benue, Niger and the Federal capital Territory.
Most of the states will depend on statutory allocation and loans to fund their budget as most of them generate less than N500 million monthly from internal sources. States that hope to go above the N500million monthly or N6 billion yearly IGR mark include Rivers (N80 billion), Delta (N61.44 billion), Lagos (N19.912 billion), Sokoto (15.579 billion), Ekiti (N14.3 billion), Anambra (N12.5 billion), Ondo (N12 billion), Benue (N11 billion) and Jigawa (N7.507 billion).
While presenting the budgets, governors as usual deployed fanciful tags, which over the years have had little or no impact on effective implementation of the appropriations. Fanciful themes used in 2013 budgets include “Budget of Integrated Development,” “Budget for sustainable growth,” “Budget of Sustained Prosperity, “Budget of Consolidating the Focused Socio-Economic Transformation Programme,” “A Caring Heart Budget 4,” “Budget of Empowerment and Consolidation,” “Budget of Redemption,” “Budget of sustainable development,” “Budget of Commitment”, “Budget of Partnership,” “Budget of Sustainability,” “Budget of determination,” and “Budget of Consolidation and Advancement” among others.
The next 10 months would tell whether the budgets would live up to their names in terms of improving the lot of Nigerian citizenry.
How states and geo-political zones fared since 2005
SOUTH-EAST
Abia State N666.490 bn
Anambra N603.420 bn
Ebonyi N552.608 bn
Enugu N531.107 bn
TOTAL N3.345 tn
SOUTH-SOUTH
Akwa Ibom N2.650 tn
Bayelsa N1.708 tn
Cross River N838.937 bn
Delta State N2.377
Edo State N848.675
Rivers State N3.079
TOTAL N11.503 tn
SOUTH-WEST
Lagos N3.282 tn
Ekiti N588.340 bn
Ogun N932.380 bn
Ondo N876.375 bn
Osun N576.298 bn *
Oyo 1.045 tn
TOTAL N7.30 tn
* = Osun is yet to publish its 2013 budget estimates
NORTH-EAST
Yobe N531.800 bn
Borno N827.070 bn
Taraba N459.864 bn
Adamawa N526.865 bn
Bauchi N864.124
Gombe N560.428 TOTAL N3.752 tn
NORTH –CENTRAL
FCT, Abuja N1.336 tn
Kogi State N658.250 bn
Kwara N575.370 bn
Benue State N715.852 bn
Plateau N658.746 bn
Nasarawa N584.936 bn
Niger State N668.160 bn TOTAL N5.197 tn
NORTH-WEST
Kano State N1.057 tn
Katsina N684.14 bn
Sokoto N600.91 bn
Zamfara N662.090 bn
Kaduna N1.096 tn
Jigawa N661.138bn
Kebbi State N624.960 bn
TOTAL N5.386 tn
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