Policy analyst: National budget for 2022-2023 has not prioritized the needs of the people.
Episode 2068, Oct 03, 2022, 07:44 AM
A policy analyst says the national budget for the fiscal year 2022-2023 does not prioritize the most pressing needs of the people. Executive Director for Institute of Social Policy and Research, Boboya James Edmond, says priority has not been given to education, healthcare and other services to the people. He says more needs to be done to ensure that citizens enjoy resources of the country.
A resource envelope of 1.4 trillion South Sudanese Pounds was passed by the Transitional National Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last week and awaits Presidential assent.
According to the budgetary allocation, the ministries of presidential affairs, cabinet affairs and foreign affairs received the highest allocation of 138.4 billion SSP. The budget is expected to be funded partly by oil revenues to a tune of 715.8 billion SSP, and non-oil revenues to a tune of 117.04 billion SSP. During the deliberations, lawmakers observed that the new improved civil servants' salary’s structure had not been reflected and they called on the finance minister to inform the execute to reflect the new structure in October.
A resource envelope of 1.4 trillion South Sudanese Pounds was passed by the Transitional National Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last week and awaits Presidential assent.
According to the budgetary allocation, the ministries of presidential affairs, cabinet affairs and foreign affairs received the highest allocation of 138.4 billion SSP. The budget is expected to be funded partly by oil revenues to a tune of 715.8 billion SSP, and non-oil revenues to a tune of 117.04 billion SSP. During the deliberations, lawmakers observed that the new improved civil servants' salary’s structure had not been reflected and they called on the finance minister to inform the execute to reflect the new structure in October.