Budget 2017 passed

The $250B budget presented to the National Assembly on November 28, 2016 by Finance Minister Winston Jordan was passed yesterday after a week of speeches and another of gruelling scrutiny of the estimates.

The Appropriation Bill 2016 was read thrice and approved by the National Assembly where the government has a one-seat majority.

 

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