{"id":16199,"date":"2024-02-02T13:36:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16199"},"modified":"2024-02-02T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:36:09","slug":"consideration-of-budget-estimates-commences-in-committee-of-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/consideration-of-budget-estimates-commences-in-committee-of-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Consideration of Budget Estimates Commences in Committee of Supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The National Assembly&#8217;s Committee of Supply has initiated the examination of budgetary estimates for the fiscal year 2024, focusing on several constitutional agencies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The review includes projected revenue estimates and expenditures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the examination, the allocation to the Office of the Leader of the Opposition was approved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Texiera, addressed questions from opposition MP Ganesh Mahipaul regarding a potential increase in the office&#8217;s budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Samuel-Estimates-pk.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Texiera also faced inquiries about the $3.5 billion allocation to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), specifically concerning wages and salaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She provided clarification and stated that the allocation was based on advice received, taking into account information from 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon the conclusion of the examination of estimates and expenditures under the ministry, the allocations were approved without changes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Approval was granted for various entities, including the Audit Office ($1.3 billion), Public and Police Service Commission ($202.1 million), Teacher Service Commission ($184 million), and Public Procurement Commission ($270.9 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding approvals extended to the Supreme Court, DPP office, Office of the Ombudsman, Public Service Appellate Tribunal, Ethnic Relations Commission, Judicial Service Commission, and Rights Commissions of Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The budgetary consideration process continues as the Committee of Supply meticulously reviews allocations to various agencies, ensuring transparency and accountability in fiscal matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Assembly&#8217;s Committee of Supply has initiated the examination of budgetary estimates for the fiscal year 2024, focusing on several constitutional agencies. The review includes projected revenue estimates and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16202,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16199\/revisions\/16202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}