20th October 2020  /  EAGLE FM

MIDTERM BUDGET REVIEW REALLOCATION
N$841.6m has been reallocated as follows
▪ the Ministry of Basic Education, Arts and Culture is allocated N$326.4m, comprising N$200m for educational infrastructure and N$126.4m for personnel expenditure
▪ the health is allocated an additional N$147.6m for the procurement of pharmaceuticals, COVID-19 related
expenditure and the required optimal personnel.
▪ the gender is allocated an amount of N$157.7m to strengthen the coverage of social grants.
▪ the ECN is allocated N$50m for costs related to the conducting of the upcoming Regional and Local Authority
elections,
▪ the public enterprises is allocated a total of N$75m to support the operations of NWR and TransNamib, for the maintenance of the railway.
▪ the Ministry of Agriculture Water and Land Reform is allocated N$40.0m for expenditure on water infrastructure,
▪ the defence ministry is allocated N$22.3m specifically to meet the funding needs for the Veterans Subvention Program,
▪ the industrialisation ministry is allocated N$10.7m for the Integrated Client Facility and to support the operations of some of the Public Enterprises under its mandate,
▪ the home affairs is allocated N$11.9m for the Visa Sticker Program.