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    "content": "The Committee is grateful to the various ministries, departments and agencies of the national Government as well as the independent offices and commissions who appeared before it on short notice. We sat for long hours during our consideration of these Supplementary Estimates. The Committee also extends gratitude to the members of the public who submitted written memoranda on the Supplementary Budget for their commitment and patriotism in ensuring that Parliament lives up to its oversight role. Lastly, the Committee is grateful to the Office of the Hon. Speaker of the National Assembly, the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly and the Parliamentary Budget Office for the steadfast support we received as we discharged our mandate of reviewing the First Supplementary Estimates for Financial Year 2017/2018. It is, therefore, my humble duty and privilege to, on behalf of the Ad Hoc Committee, table the Report on the First Supplementary Estimates for Financial Year 2017/2018 and recommend it to the House for adoption. It is signed by all the Members of the Committee. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this House approved the Budget for Financial Year 2017/2018 in March, which was three months before the constitutional deadline of June 2017. This was to pave way for the country to prepare for the general elections that were held in August 2017. However, the Supreme Court ruling on the petition that was filed by the NASA Coalition occasioned a repeat presidential election to be held on 26th October 2017. Consequently, three months into the implementation of the Budget, expenditure on the repeat of the presidential election, in addition to the protracted drought, needed more funding. There is also need to enhance funding for the Free Day Secondary Education Programme, which the Government promised to implement from January, 2018. There was also need to get The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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