By Kebba AF Touray
Members of the Gambian parliament have approved a total appropriation bill of thirty-seven billion, eight hundred and forty-eight million, seven hundred and seventy-six thousand, three hundred and thirty-four Dalasi (D37, 848,776,334.00) for the fiscal year 2025, on Monday 16th December 2024.
The total appropriation expenditure for the 2025 fiscal year will be authorized out of the consolidated revenue fund for the period 1st January to 31st December 2025, both days inclusive.
The breakdown of the said appropriation which was approved by the parliament is as follows:
Office of the President-D1,047,673,905.00; National Assembly-D446,066,726.00; Judiciary-D311,028,174.00; Independent Electoral Commission-D189,052,210.00; Public Service Commission-D17,276,107.00; National Audit Office D301,675,843.00; Ministry of Defense-D1,159,941,620.00; Ministry of Interior-D1,919,572,214.00; Ministry of Tourism-D54,252,633.00; Ministry of Foreign Affairs-D1,952,117,356.00; Ministry of Finance-D2,413,810,288.00; Pensions and Gratuities- D592,825,000.00; Office of the Ombudsman-D53,311,960.00; Centralized Services-D1,689,971,080.00; Ministry of Lands-D389,185,920.00; Ministry of Agriculture-D961,706,181.00; Ministry of Transport-D2,245,258,482.00; Ministry of Trade-D136,302,765.00; Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education-D5,086,486,933.00; Ministry of Health-D2,724,742,902.00; Ministry of Youths-D135,254,969.00; Ministry of Environment-D282,906,484.00; Ministry of Information-D67,595,964.00; Ministry of Fisheries-D56,514,050.00; Ministry of Higher Education-D405,629,705.00; Ministry of Energy-D1,263,912,695.00; Ministry of Gender-D98,826,777.00; National Human Rights Commission-D74,160,484.00; Ministry of Digital Economy-D96,212,260.00; Ministry of Public Service Administration-D452,301,159.00; and National Debt Services-D11,017,788,639.00.
This gives a total approved appropriation of D37, 848,776,334.00 to be authorized out of the consolidated revenue fund for the period 1st January to 31st December 2025.
