As the sun set yesterday the National Assembly approved the proposed $267.1 billion Budget for 2018 after having considered the estimates for the Ministries of Education and Finance on the final day of examination.
The 82nd sitting of the eleventh parliament was delayed for several hours by a motion brought by the Opposition PPP/C but it eventually got underway just after 2 pm when Speaker Barton Scotland disallowed the motion.
The next two hours were spent considering the $19.91 billion budgeted for the Ministry of Education. Of this sum $17.11 billion has been allocated for Current expenditure while $2.8 billion has been approved for Capital Expenditure.