Mambury Njie, the minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, said this may be released from the Consolidated Fund during the period 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. “Both dates are inclusive: sums not exceeding D23,692,226,645 ( Twenty - Three Billion, Six Hundred and Ninety-Two Million, Two Hundred and Twenty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred and Forty-five Dalasis) for the purpose specified in the schedule to this Act.”
According to him, the Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 2022 and comes into force on 1 January 2022.
The amount allocated for the institutions are as follows: Office of President: D677,649,925, National Assembly: D376,581,024, Judiciary:D245,238,000, Independent Electoral Commission: D 118,666,170, Public Service Commission: D12,358,390, National Audit Office: D193,716,928, Ministry of Defence: D 776,604,480, Ministry of Interior: D1,180,324,228, Ministry of Tourism and Culture: D44,562,925, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: D1,009,435,520, Ministry of Justice: D 113,457,763, Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs: D1,367,081,659, Pensions and Gratuities: D425,093,000, Office of the Ombudsman: D34,401,519, Centralised Services: D2,090,323,000, Ministry of Lands and Regional Government: D281,320,833, Ministry of Agriculture: D392,793,107, Ministry of Transport, Works and Infrastructure: D2,196,007,806, Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional, Integration and Employment: D134,770,267, Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education: D3,033,468,578, Ministry of Health: D2,258,719,482, Ministry of Youth and Sports: D123,472,170, Ministry of Environment: D243,033,009, Ministry of Information: D70,792,968, Ministry of Fisheries: D55,385,870, Ministry of High Education: D287,684,247, Ministry of Petroleum: D66,521,100, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare:D86,018,726, National Human Rights Commission: D54,678,820 and National Debt Service: D5,742,065,131.
Team of ECOWAS on Education, Science and Culture for Member States of the Regional Cultural Policy and Return of Cultural Heritages, on Monday, 5 July, 2021, had a meeting with minister of Tourism and Culture in Banjul.
The United Democratic Party (UDP) says it has carried out diligent investigation and placed evidence before the Supreme Court to demonstrate how the elections were stolen from The Gambian people.
A UNICEF SMS U-Report reveals that about 1,470 students out of the 10, 000 students who registered for the UNICEF SMS U-Report Poll have no access to television or radio to attend the ongoing lessons organised by the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE).
The president of Benin His Excellency Patrice Talon on Saturday promised the youth of West Africa attending the second West African Citizen Summit in Cotonou, at the Palais Des Congrès of Cotonou, Benin that he would pass the baton that was presented to him by David Dosseh, the coordinator of the summit in 2026.
