Gambia: Over One Billion Added to a 10.2 Billion Budget Over 86 Million Dalasis for National Celebrations

The total budget of a number of Ministries have not reached 86.37 Million dalasis which is the sum approved by the National Assembly members to finance National celebrations from the funds of the tax payers.

The people have recently been informed that the issuance of short term treasury bills have increased significantly to finance government fiscal operations. The budget deficit for 2013 amounts to 2.7 billion dalasis and the outstanding domestic debt stood at 13.5 Billion.

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