Lagosians spend N36billion annually on parties - Governor Fashola

Lagos state governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola,
this weekend revealed that more than N36
billion is spent by Lagosians annually to
organise parties. The governor said this at the
4th edition of the Lagos Ignite Enterprise and
Employability project, a joint youth
empowerment programme between the
government and the Afterschool Graduate
Development Centre, AGDC.
Governor Fashola said:
“This was the study of night life carried
out by the government in five local
governments including Agege, Mushin,
Ifako-Ijaiye and Ikeja and another local
government. It showed that more than
N36 billion was spent on 1555 parties
held within the period. We did a study
between October and November last
year. We studied from Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights, three days every
week for four weeks which was 12
nights. In 12 nights, 1555 parties were
held in these local governments. In
terms of drinks, food and all other
engagements during such parties, about
N1.2 billion was spent and when we dis-
aggregated them we saw how much went
to DJ, MC, food and drinks, the total
picture in the state now and I don’t want
to give you a wrong number but it’s
something in the region of about N3
billion monthly on that side of our life
and people are playing and impacting on
that side of our economy.
The governor further stated that Aso Ebi
alone gulped a minimum of N1.2billion
monthly.