Budget speech fails to account for 12 Billion, BOSETU

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Budget Speech not transparent in accounting for P12 billion drawn from Government investment account

Education sector trade union, BOSETU says government had not been transparent enough to explain how P12 billion drawn from government investment account to augment the national budget was used.

Presenting at BOSETU’s budget review, National treasurer Samuel Aboneng said the

Provision of that transparency in the budget speech would have allayed Batswana’s fears and concerns of possible misuse or misallocation of the reserves from the Government Investment Account.

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