Gov’t seeking $116m in supplementary funds for SARA

Government is seeking $116 million for the establishment and operation of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA). This request is part of an application for $2.5 billion in supplementary funds being sought by Minister of Finance Winston Jordan.

On Thursday, the Minister laid a Schedule of Supplementary Provisions on the Current and Capital Estimates totalling $2,514,679,330 for the period January to December 2017. This is the second such application with the House having approved $6.395 billion in supplementary spending three weeks ago.