Sierra Leone: Govt Spending More Than It's Collecting From Domestic Revenue

The public Financial Management Consortium has stated in their recent report that the Government of Sierra Leone is now spending more than what it's collecting from the domestic revenue monthly, thus adopting other measures to finance the gap through means such as selling of treasury bearer bonds.

The consortium, which comprises four civil societies including Budget Advocacy Network, Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law, Restless Development and Christian Aid called on the government to ensure that it's decreases the big difference between operating expenses and domestic revenue, but noted social sector spending should not be affected as citizens need those services now than before.

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