Governor Lamlas held a meeting with Budget and Planning Commttee
SMA NEWS – ADEN THE CAPITAL
The Governor of the capital, Aden, Ahmed Hamid Lamlas, during a meeting of the Budget and Planning Committee in the capital, in the presence of a number of undersecretaries, directors of executive offices, and directors of districts, approved the general budget for the investment program for the year 2024, estimated at 21 billion and 862 million and 600 thousand riyals, an increase of 19% over Year 2023.
In the meeting, Lamlas said that the budget increase was achieved thanks to strengthening the process of collecting revenue streams for local resources from fees for licenses and renewals of various professions stipulated in Article 123 of the Local Authority Law, calling for adherence to the value of the fees stipulated in the law.
The meeting touched on the proposal for the investment program for local authority projects for the year 2024, where the number of projects for investment expenditures reached 596 projects, of which 419 projects are being completed, and the number of new projects with exceptional service priority, including the rehabilitation of the infrastructure, the sewage network, environmental health, and improving the network, electricity 177 projects.
The meeting agreed not to launch new projects or activities that entail financial obligations, while adhering to reducing and rationalizing unnecessary operating expenses and structuring their uses in favor of necessary operating expenses and development expenses in order to ensure improving the level of performance of government facilities.
