Sports gets record allocation

Minister Ashni Singh addressing the forum

A record $1.5B has been allocated for the sports sector for 2021 as part of the historic $383.1B National Budget which was read by Dr Ashni Singh on Friday in the National Assembly.

The sum is the largest allocation sports has received in history.

According to Dr. Singh, $915.5M was allocated for transforming community grounds into modern state-of-the-art sports facilities, starting  with Regions 2, 6 and 10.