The Office of Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton yesterday expressed concern at the government’s plan to seek approval for an additional $40b in spending.
In a statement yesterday, Norton’s office said that this sum is on the back of the government’s massive $1.146 trillion 2024 budget.
“We, in the Opposition, will bet that this will not be its last request for a supplementary budget this year. In 2023, for instance, the government came to the National Assembly five times for extra money totaling $116b — nearly 15% more than its initial budget sum. The more the PPP government spends, the more money is lost through poor planning, mismanagement, and corruption”, the opposition lamented.