Private sector welcomes budget

The Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) yesterday congratulated Finance Minister Winston Jordan and the new APNU/AFC government on a “comprehensive” budget 2015 but it voiced disappointment at the decision to discontinue work on the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project.

The PSC in a statement said that it believes that the allocations in Monday’s budget to the sugar and rice industries will allow them to regroup and recover so that they can make significant contributions to the economy. The assistance to small and medium scale miners will also allow that sector,