Lagos Public Private Agency Spends N135million On Tables, Chairs, Budgets Another N40.5million In 2026

The development comes amid growing scrutiny of budgeted expenditures by the Lagos State government.

The Lagos State Office of Public Private Partnership spent N135million on the "purchase of 20 office chairs and tables" between January and September 2025.

Despite this expenditure, the office plans to spend an additional N40.5million on the same items in 2026, a SaharaReporters' review of the approved 2026 Lagos State budget has shown.

The development comes amid growing scrutiny of budgeted expenditures by the Lagos State government.

In a related development, SaharaReporters had earlier reported that members of the Lagos State House of Assembly budgeted billions of naira for the construction of permanent residential quarters for lawmakers and the beautification of the Assembly complex.

A review of the approved 2026 Lagos State budget showed that lawmakers plan to spend a total of N55.4 billion on the construction of residential quarters for members of the House of Assembly and on beautification works at the Assembly complex.

According to the budget breakdown, N35.4 billion is earmarked for the "construction of Permanent Legislative Quarters for Honourable Members of the Assembly, processing of document, Architectural drawing design, Structural Engineering, Soil Test, Pile work and Consultancy Services etc."

Further review of the budget reveals that an additional N20 billion is allocated for the "construction of new fence and drainage channels at the Permanent Legislative Quarters, covering of gutters with slabs as well as land scapping and beautification of the assembly Complex and Legislative Quarters."

In total, the lawmakers plan to spend N55.4billion on the construction of permanent residential quarters and costs related to the beautification of the Assembly complex.

Meanwhile, only N16billion is budgeted for "MDA executed commuity based Capital Infrastructural Intervention" by the lawmakers.

Earlier, SaharaReporters reviewed Lagos State budget performance documents for the full year 2025 and the last quarter of the year, which revealed that billions of naira were spent by members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on backup generators and property acquisitions in both Abuja and Lagos.

According to the budget performance documents, a total of N4.5 billion was expended on the purchase of forty 50KVA backup generators for lawmakers during the period under review.

The documents further showed that an additional N3.6billion was spent on the acquisition of properties in Lagos and Abuja.

These expenditures were incurred by the Lagos State House of Assembly as part of its capital spending for the 2025 fiscal year.

Further findings from the budget performance report indicated that the Assembly had earlier planned significant spending on lawmakers’ welfare and infrastructure, including vehicles, renovation of the Assembly complex, and power supply, despite competing public infrastructure needs across the state.

A review of the approved 2025 Lagos State budget also showed that the state government proposed to spend more on lawmakers’ vehicles, House of Assembly renovations, and generators than on erosion and flood control projects.