A review of the Lagos State approved budget for the 2025 fiscal year has revealed that the Lagos State House of Assembly plans to spend N4.5billion to procure forty 50KVA generators.
According to the budget document, the project description reads: “Purchase and installation of forty 50 KVA Generators.”
It is unclear why the House of Assembly is purchasing forty generators, although there are also forty members in the House of Assembly. It is not clear if each member will then be entitled to a generator.
On average, each generator is valued at N90.7 million.
A previous SaharaReporters’ review of the Lagos State budget performance document showed that the State House of Assembly also planned to spend N6.2 billion to buy 40 properties in Lagos and Abuja.
It was not stated what the properties are meant for.
Already, checks by SaharaReporters show that a sum of N1billion has been disbursed for the properties between January and June.
Previously, SaharaReporters reported that despite spending a total of N45 billion within two years on the purchase of backup and official vehicles for members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, the state has budgeted an additional N20.6 billion for vehicles in the 2025 fiscal year.
The earlier allocations covered the purchase of backup vehicles for lawmakers, utility vehicles, and official cars between 2023 and 2024. Records show that N30.194 billion was spent in 2023, while another N15 billion was allocated in 2024 for vehicles for the 40 Honourable members, as well as utility and official vehicles.
If the proposed N20.6 billion for 2025 —meant for forty backup vehicles, forty utility buses, and forty official cars — is fully expended, the total spent on vehicles for lawmakers between 2023 and 2025 would rise to N65billion.
This breaks down into N30.194 billion in 2023, N15 billion in 2024, and N20.6 billion budgeted for 2025.
The House of Assembly also plans to spend N500 million on the provision of arrival guest houses and residential quarters. In addition, the lawmakers have earmarked N30.3 billion for “New fence/access road/landscaping and beautification” in the 2025 fiscal year.
Rehabilitation of the House of Assembly complex—including gatehouses, prayer complexes, car parks, and leisure facilities—is expected to cost N11.041 billion.
Allegations of financial mismanagement and corruption have also continued to trail the Assembly.
SaharaReporters previously reported that the Lagos State Anti-Corruption Coalition filed a petition with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), calling for an investigation into the alleged mismanagement of N17 billion earmarked for constructing a gate at the Lagos State House of Assembly.
According to the petition obtained by SaharaReporters, the Progressive Youth Movement accused the Speaker of awarding a N469 million contract for the construction of the Ikeja Local Government Secretariat to Orgnitek Consult Limited, alleging that the company was used to facilitate fraudulent activities.
The group further alleged that the Speaker approved N200 million for a thanksgiving event at the Lagos State House of Assembly, arguing that it “should not have cost more than N2 million.”
