Today, Tuesday, the financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Saleh, revealed the reasons for not releasing the general budget allocations until now, while confirming that the Ministry of Finance is not intentionally delaying and that there are technical matters that must be completed before the allocations for governorates and ministries are released.
Saleh said, in an interview with the Maalouma Agency, that “one of the reasons for delaying the launch is the experience of the tripartite general budget for the first time,” noting that “we expect to launch an interactive budget given the stability of oil prices in the local markets.”
He continued, “The pressure will be on investment spending for the 2024 budget, due to the lack of a surplus from the 2023 budget,” pointing out that “there are many problems and gaps in the files of tax evasion and maximizing non-oil expenditures.”
The Sudanese advisor concluded his speech: “Sustaining strategic projects is one of the goals of the government program that must be continued,” adding that “the Ministry of Finance does not intend to delay, and there are technical matters that must be completed before launching allocations to governorates and ministries.”
The governorates and ministries are awaiting the release of the general budget allocations in order to proceed with the implementation of the government program, amid many problems, most notably the crisis of regional salaries and their resettlement, as well as efforts to add new job grades.
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