The government’s application for additional funds for security in all 10 regions is due to the threats to public institutions, according to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall.
After almost four hours of examination, the National Assembly yesterday afternoon approved $5.1B in supplementary allocations which include $561.9M for the Ministry of Home Affairs to beef up security at all Government infrastructure across the country, $3.3B for the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 fight and $3.8B in funding for the Ministry of Agriculture.
The allocations which were passed are detailed in financial paper No.3 of 2021 which included $5b in current estimates and $60.1m in capital estimates.