The National Assembly approved $6.395 billion in supplementary spending for the year.
The Supplementary Appropriation Bill No. 1 of 2017, which was approved by the House in Committee of Supply, provides for the issuance of sums identified so as to meet various expenditures, including the rehabilitation of several roads and construction of several bridges and pedestrian overpass.
Among the allocations approved as part of this supplementary provision on the Current and Capital estimates for the period January 1, 2017 to Decem-ber 31, 2017 was more than $16 million for the establishment of a Department of Innovation and Education Reform.
