{"id":4894,"date":"2021-12-07T14:30:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T14:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/health-ministry-lisgis-begged-for-budgetary-increments"},"modified":"2021-12-07T15:33:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T15:33:01","slug":"health-ministry-lisgis-begged-for-budgetary-increments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/health-ministry-lisgis-begged-for-budgetary-increments","title":{"rendered":"Health Ministry, LISGIS Begged for Budgetary Increments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>Health Minister Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah and Director General Francis F. Wreh of the Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-information Services (LISGIS) have separately appealed to the House&#8217;s Budget Committee for respective increments of US$39.8M and US$12M in the 2022 Budget.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, 6th December 2021, the second day of the expenditure component of the public hearing of the 2022 Budget, the Health Minister begged for the addition of US$39.8 million to their already allocated US$66.1 million, totaling US$105.1 million in order to address the wide range of pertinent issues in order to have a resilient healthcare system.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the weighty issues to be tackled with the US$39.8 million include the purchase of essential drugs and medical supplies; upgrading of the John F. Kennedy, Phebe, and Redemption hospitals and other health centers to become comprehensive health centers in Lofa, River Gee, Grand Gedeh and Maryland; upgrading and the construction of five new oxygen plants at StarBase, Tapppita and the Government Hospitals in Grand Bassa, Maryland and Gbapolu counties; reclassification of salaries and allowances of all health cadres, pensioned employees, replacement, hazard payment, and staffing (employments) of the Gbapolu and Rivercess Hospitals, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on behalf of LISGIS, Director General Francis Wreh also begged for a US$12.5 million increment on their existing US$2.7 million allotments to conduct a successful census in March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Wreh said the US$12.5 million will be used to do routine data collections (census) across the country on national accounts, price, trade, agriculture, and environment. He furthered that US$525,000 is for a three-year lease for new offices &#8211; LISGIS HOUSE.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the House&#8217;s Budget Committee voted for the Health Ministry and LISGIS to reappear before its Committee to come with all relevant documents relating to their respective increments among others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\">Liberia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. Health Minister Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah and Director General Francis F. Wreh of the Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-information Services (LISGIS) have separately appealed to the House&#8217;s Budget Committee for respective increments of US$39.8M and US$12M in the 2022 Budget. 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