By Kebaa AF Touray
The Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Mambury Njie, on Thursday, 28th October, 2021 tabled over D23 billion (D23, 692,226,645) appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1st January to 31st December, 2022 both dates inclusive before the National Assembly (NA).
The minister’s move was aimed at securing parliamentary consideration and approval of the abovementioned estimates of revenue and expenditure for the 2022 fiscal year to finance the operations of the government and its agencies during the period
“The theme for the Budget Speech is “Improving Domestic Capacity, Resilience for inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth”, Minister Njie told the assembly.
The breakdown of the 2022 budget is as follows;
The Office of the President = 677, 649, 925
The National Assembly = 376, 581, 024
Judiciary D245, 380,000
Independent Electoral Commission D 118, 666, 170
Public Service Commission D 12, 358, 390
National Audit Office D 193, 716, 928
Ministry of Defense D 776, 604, 480
Ministry of Interior D 1, 180, 324, 228
Ministry of Tourism and Culture D 44, 562, 925
Ministry of Foreign Affairs D 1, 009, 435, 520
Ministry of Justice D 113, 457, 763
Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs D 1, 367, 081, 659
Pensions and Gratuities D 425, 093, 00
Office of the Ombudsman D34, 401, 519
Centralized Service D2, 090, 323, 000
Ministry of Lands and Regional Government D 281, 320, 833
Ministry of Agriculture D 392, 793, 107
Ministry of Transports, Works and Infrastructure D 2, 196, 007, 806
Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment D 134, 770, 267Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education D 3, 033, 468, 578
Ministry of Health D 2, 258, 719, 482
Ministry of Youth and Sports D 123, 472, 170
Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Water Resources and Wildlife D 243, 033, 009
Ministry of Information Communication and Infrastructure D 70, 792, 968
Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources D55, 385, 870
Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology D287, 684, 247
Ministry of Petroleum and Energy D66, 512, 100
Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare D86, 018, 726
National Human Rights Commission D54, 678, 820
National Debt Service D5, 742, 065, 131
“The Total Appropriation is D23, 692, 226, 645. The said budget will be taken out of an Authorized Consolidated revenue fund provided by the Government as the budget for 2022,” Minister Njie said.
The parliamentarians will on Friday, 29th October, 2021 will commence the debate on the bill for final consideration and approval.
