By Taisiah K. Merfee
IPNEWS: The Chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on Ways, Means, Finance, Budget, and Development Planning during Expenditure Hearings of FY2023 Draft National Budget has called on Members of the Committee to Scrutinize the Budget in the interest of the Liberian people.
According to Representative Thomas Fallah, as the Committee meets to perform its constitutional mandate of budget scrutiny and approval, it should put the interests of Liberians first and foremost.
He noted “as we perform this very important task, I am obligated to remind all of us that the Liberian people are eagerly looking forward to us to deliberate on the FY 2023 Proposed Draft National Budget, the second since the country transitioned from a Fiscal Year Budget to a Calendar Year Budget, in such a way that will derive outcomes geared towards promoting their wishes and aspirations with the goal of raising their living standards.”
The Montserrado Lawmaker than called upon all of the Committee Members to remain very resolute in thoroughly scrutinizing this National Instrument to the best of their abilities so as to continuously justify the confidence which the Liberian People have reposed in us.
“I am looking forward to your candid and robust deliberations in the days ahead as we do the people’s business”.
Those Agency that appeared were the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP; the Commissioner General and team from the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA).
