Western Provincial Gov’t to revisit 2021 budget

BY BEN BILUA
Gizo

WESTERN Provincial Government will go through its 2021 budget once again this week following advice from the National Government.

Sources familiar with the report said the executive will meet to re-scrutinize the budget due to some shortfalls.

The Executive has passed the $26, 536, 622 million budget after going through debate last week.

Budget figures show $20,718, 857.00) for recurrent costs while $5.8 million was for development expenditure.

Premier David Gina said in his budget speech his government is optimistic that the budget will have an impact on the development and service delivery of the province.

He urges provincial members to continue to perform their legislative mandates in deliberating on the important requirements for the continuous operations and progress of Western Province.

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