{"id":57107,"date":"2024-04-25T16:59:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state-passes-2023-2024-fiscal-budget"},"modified":"2024-04-25T17:36:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:36:57","slug":"northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state-passes-2023-2024-fiscal-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state-passes-2023-2024-fiscal-budget","title":{"rendered":"Northern Bahr El Ghazal State passes 2023-2024 fiscal budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The Northern Bahr El Ghazal State Legislative Assembly has passed the 2023-2024 budget after resolving a political dispute between lawmakers and the state governor over MP allowances.<\/p>\n<p>Assembly Speaker Achol William Amoi confirmed to the media on Wednesday that the budget was passed and subsequently signed into law by Governor Tong Aken Ngor.<\/p>\n<p>The 13 billion South Sudanese pound budget prioritizes security, health, and education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number one priority in this budget is security. As you know, our state borders Sudan, which has a conflict that is still raging. Another factor is health and education, and these are top priorities,\u201d Amoi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe three chapters in the budget include chapter one, which covers operations, chapter two, which covers salaries payment, and chapter three, which covers developmental activities,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p>Amoi highlighted the importance of development alongside health and education.<\/p>\n<p>She expressed concern about the gradual departure of humanitarian organizations and emphasized the need for greater focus on development, particularly feeder roads.<\/p>\n<p>Amoi acknowledged that companies like ARC (Africa Resources Corporation) are contributing to development and urged patience with service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Following the budget\u2019s passage and the governor\u2019s approval, the parliament has now gone into recess.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. The Northern Bahr El Ghazal State Legislative Assembly has passed the 2023-2024 budget after resolving a political dispute between lawmakers and the state governor over MP allowances. Assembly Speaker Achol William Amoi confirmed to the media on Wednesday that the budget was passed and subsequently signed into law by Governor Tong Aken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":57106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-57107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Northern Bahr El Ghazal State passes 2023-2024 fiscal budget - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Northern Bahr El Ghazal State Legislative Assembly has passed the 2023-2024 budget after resolving a political dispu ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state-passes-2023-2024-fiscal-budget\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Northern Bahr El Ghazal State passes 2023-2024 fiscal budget\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Northern Bahr El Ghazal State Legislative Assembly has passed the 2023-2024 budget after resolving a political dispu ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state-passes-2023-2024-fiscal-budget\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-25T16:59:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-25T17:36:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/04\/sm_1714053855.375322.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"871\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state-passes-2023-2024-fiscal-budget#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state-passes-2023-2024-fiscal-budget\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Northern Bahr El Ghazal State passes 2023-2024 fiscal budget\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-25T16:59:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-25T17:36:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state-passes-2023-2024-fiscal-budget\"},\"wordCount\":217,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state-passes-2023-2024-fiscal-budget#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/04\/sm_1714053855.375322.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Sudan\",\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state-passes-2023-2024-fiscal-budget#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state-passes-2023-2024-fiscal-budget\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/northern-bahr-el-ghazal-state-passes-2023-2024-fiscal-budget\",\"name\":\"Northern Bahr El Ghazal State passes 2023-2024 fiscal budget - 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