Govt hacks P10 billion from NDP10

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The government has cut down the development budget for NDP 10 from an initial P63 billion as state coffers feel the effects of the global economic crisis.

Implementation of the NDP 10 should have begun in April, the beginning of the financial year, but was delayed for 12 months because the government was still assessing the extent of the financial crisis.

NDP 10 will now only be debated at the opening of the third meeting of the fifth session of the ninth parliament in July.

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