Lagos to spend more on security, traffic from N662.58b budget
By Wole Oyebade
18 December 2015 |
2:35 am
WITH a keen interest in making the residents of Lagos to be positively impacted by his administration, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode will spend a huge portion of his N662.58billion budget ...
• Ambode puts revenue estimate at N542.873b
• Govt to meet N119.7b shortfall with deficit financing
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