Gov’t worst “implementers” exposed

Earlier today, Finance Minister, Peggy Serame said as at January 31 this year, the four had spent less than 20 percent of their development budgets. The ministries of Minerals and Energy as well as Lands and Water Affairs had used more than 80 percent of their development budgets, while Finance, Infrastructure and Local Government had used between 60 and 80 percent by January 31.

The minister revealed that as at January 31, just about 65.4% of the P16 billion development budget approved for the 2022/23 financial year had been spent.