The Fono Ekepule has passed the Government’s appropriations bill for the 2020/2021 with a total expenditure budget of $32,504,000 and for the Investment and development projects $23,608,000.
The budget deficit is reduced by 1.5 million bringing the deficit from 7.2 million to 5.7 million.
The injection of 1.5 million into the Budget is from part of the $6 million budget support from the New Zealand Government.