Enugu residents commend Gov. Uguwanyi for concise 2016 budget

The traditional ruler of Ogui Nike, Igwe Julius Nnaji, has described the 2016 budget proposal by Enugu State as “concise and straight to the point”.
The traditional ruler made the statement in Enugu on Wednesday while reacting to the budget presentation by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in the state assembly.
Nnaji said: “The budget creates awareness to the problems of the society and Enugu State as the budget is so practical.
“All the ministries and parastatal agencies were cited in the budget.
“There was no acrimony, no complaints from the public during the budget presentation as everybody was happy about the presentation.
“New ideas are there in the budget and l pray that a new system will also emerge in the course of executing the budget.”
The traditional ruler commended the legislature for promising to approve the budget immediately after their Christmas holiday.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Legislative Matters, Martins Okeh, said the governor had achieved a lot within six months in office, adding that with the breakdown of the budget, Enugu State would be better in 2016.
Okeh prayed for the economy of the nation to improve so that the governor would live up to his vision for the people.
Okeh said he was not surprised that the 2016 budget dropped by 12 per cent against that of 2015 due to the slowdown in the price of oil which was the mainstay of the nation’s resources.
In his reaction, the Chairman of Awgu Traditional Ruler’s Council, Igwe Godwin Eko, said that the governor did a thorough job before the budget presentation as he did not present an unrealistic budget in line with the financial capacity of the state.
Eko commended the size of the allocations in the estimate, especially the education and health sectors, as they were collapsing and required urgent attention.
Eko commended Ugwuanyi for impacting on lives of the people within his short period in the office as the governor of the state.
NAN.