2022 BUDGET ANCHORED ON DRAFT 8thNDP

By Ruth Chayinda

Minister of Finance and National Planning SITUMBEKO MUSOKOTWANE says the proposed 2022 National budget is anchored on the draft Eighth National development plan and some elements in the Seventh National Development Plan.

Dr. MUSOKOTWANE says the UPND Administration used the draft 8th NDP because it was NOT completed in time by the previous administration.

He says it is a requirement of the law that the budget should be anchored on a National Development Plan of which, at the time the UPND ascended into office, there was a draft 8th national plan.

Dr. MUSOKOTWANE says the Eighth National Development Plan is still work in progress and has been referred to in the Yellow book.

The finance minister said this in a Ministerial statement today when he circulated the corrigendum to remove the reference to the draft 8th NDP.

And Dr MUSOKOTWANE, who later responded to questions raised by Members of Parlaimen,t however explained that UPND incorporated into the budget some of the elements in the 7th NDP that were NOT actualized by the previous administration because the were still important such as the employment of teachers.

He said it was the only practical thing to do, so that the country can have a budget for 2022.

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