$13+BILLION allocated for 16 constitutional agencies
DPI, Guyana, Thursday, October 18, 2018
Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan today tabled, in the National Assembly, the estimates for 16 constitutional agencies, proposing $11.2 BILLION as current expenditure and $2 BILLION as capital expenditure.
According to the information laid by the minister, the recommended allocations consider the economic outlook for 2019 for revenue, expenditure and growth in the economy and consideration of the agency request within national development priorities.
Agencies | Current | Capital | Total |
Parliament Office | $1,578,383 | $167,033 | $1,845, 416 |
Audit Office of Guyana | $876,846 | $17,395 | $894,241 |
Public and Police Service Commission | $134,717 | $20, 879 | $155, 596 |
Teaching Service Commission | $108,595 | $4, 767 | $113, 362 |
Guyana Elections Commission | $5,393,061 | $957,039 | $6, 368,100 |
Supreme Court | $2,024,367 | $777,007 | $2,801,374 |
Police Prosecutions | $216,398 | $3,426 | $219,824 |
Office of the Ombudsman | $73,181 | $1,042 | $74,223 |
Public Service Appellate Tribunal | $62,828 | – | $62,828 |
Ethnic Relations Commission | $258,551 | $19,613 | $278,164 |
Judicial Service Commission | $10,020 | – | $10,020 |
Indigenous Peoples’ Commission | $30,323 | $420 | $30,743 |
Human Rights Commission | $25,178 | $22,200 | $47,469 |
Rights of the Child Commission | 17,160 | – | $47,469 |
Women and Gender Equality Commission | $44,557 | $735 | $45,469 |
Public Procurement Commission | $254,495 | $22,280 | $276,775 |
TOTAL | $11,238,969 | $2,031,836 | 13,270,804 |
By: Synieka Thorne
Image: Jameel Mohamed
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