Public Works Minister Juan Edghill on Monday dodged questions from APNU+AFC MP David Patterson on the method the ministry will use to spend the large remainder of its 2022 budgetary allocation.
Patterson, the former minister of Public Infrastructure (now Public Works), while questioning the rationale behind the requested and now approved $18.1 billion in supplementary funding, told the House that from his information only 51% of the $88 billion budget for capital works has been spent.
Patterson on Monday used the opportunity to seek an explanation from Edghill on how he intends to spend the remaining $43 billion in the next 19 days.