In accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and Section 21 (3) of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016, (Act 921), Minister for Parliamentary Affairs will, on behalf of the President lay before Parliament, the 2021 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government on Friday, 12th March, 2021.
The budget will focus primarily on prudent policies to bring the economy back on track from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also touch on continuation of government priority programmes that ensured economic growth in all sectors of the economic at the last administration.
Health care, digitization of the economy and sanitation issues will also feature prominently in the presentation.