| Finance Minister Asks for Approval of Consolidated Fund | |
| The
Ministry of Finance and Development Planning has promised to monitor
government departments on a monthly basis to ensure that projects earmarked
for the new financial year are being carried out as planned within the 12 months. Asking the National Assembly to approve the consolidated capital budget on March 16, Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Dr. Timothy Thahane urged the principal accounting officers, the Principal Secretaries, to make sure projects are implemented, failing which such funds would be taken away. "We are going to monitor all the Ministries on a monthly basis to see any progress made so that we could come back to report before this House." On education and training, Dr. Thahane said government needs to consider the kind of education provided in the country helps in the improvement of economic production. The country needs experts in various fields, including geologists, engineers and doctors for it to develop economically although many young Basotho do not pursue relevant subjects like mathematics, science and Information Technology. Public service delivery is poor because public servants lack key elements such as time management and job consciousness. In support of the motion,
Minister of Communications Science and Technology, Mr. Motsoahae Thabane
asked for the budget not to benefit a few groups of Basotho but the nation
as a whole. |
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