Education gets lion's share of national budget

NAMPA
2025-03-27
WINDHOEK, 27 March 2025 - Minisiter of Finance and Social Grant Management, Ericah Shafudah (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA WINDHOEK, 27 March 2025 - Minisiter of Finance and Social Grant Management, Ericah Shafudah (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 27 MAR (NAMPA) - Minister of Finance, Ericah Shafudah, presented the national budget in the National Assembly on Thursday, outlining a budget of N.dollars 106.3 billion for the 2025/26 financial year.
Delivering her first budget statement, Shafudah announced that the budget represents a 4.9 per cent increase from the revised estimates of the previous financial year.
Former Minister Iipumbu Shiimi had presented a N.dollars 100.1 billion...
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