Lagos Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat says the state requires a larger budget to meet its growing infrastructure needs, citing rising costs and rapid population growth as major pressures.
Hamzat made this known while featuring on a Fresh FM radio programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Monday.
He said that although the government was investing heavily in key sectors, available resources remained inadequate to address the scale of demand.
He identified transport, housing, healthcare and education as critical areas requiring sustained and expanded funding.
“Resources available to the government remain inadequate compared with the scale of infrastructure needs across Lagos,” he said.
The deputy governor disclosed that the cost of rehabilitating roads across the state had risen sharply, recalling that even in 2011, the estimated requirement exceeded N700 billion.
He said that major projects such as the proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge had remained on the government’s
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