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HONORABLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESS RELEASE

-2012/2013 PUBLIC HEARING ON DRAFT NATIONAL BUDGET BEGINS ON CAPITOL HILL

(MONROVIA, LIBERIA) August 6, 2012:IN AN EFFORT TO CAUTIOUSLY ANALYZE THE 2012/2013 NATIONAL BUDGET FOR ENSURING PASSAGE, THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE HONORABLE HOUSE AND THE LIBERIAN SENATE ON WAYS , MEANS AND FINANCE WILL TUESDAY , AUGUST 7, BEGIN PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE THE EXPENDITURE COMPONENT OF THE 2012/2013 DRAFT NATIONAL BUDGET.
PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE REVENUE COMPONENT OF THE 2012/2013 FISCAL BUDGET WERE HELD FROM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2012 IN THE JOINT CHAMBERS AND BROUGHT TOGETHER MINISTRIES OF FINANCE, TRANSPORT, AND THE LIBERIA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY.
PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL AFFORD LINE MINISTRIES AND AGENCIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEFEND THEIR RESPECTIVE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE 2012/2013 FISCAL BUDGET BEFORE THE JOINT COMMITTEE AND THE LIBERIAN PEOPLE AT LARGE

ATTACHED IS A SCHEDULE BELOW:

TUESDAY
-MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (US $ 66,569,418)
-UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA (US $11,698,956)
-MINISTRY OF PLANNING (US $15,386,996)
-MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (US $52,761,585)
-MINISTRY OF YOUTHS/SPORTS (US $13,480,392)
-FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (US $8,736,146)

WEDNESDAY
-MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS (US $146,532,559)
-MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (US $34,494,321)

-MINISTRY OF HEALTH (US $84,079,084)
--JOHN F. KENNEDY (US $8,520.348)
-JACKSON FIAH DOE HOSPITAL (US $2731, 128)
-PHEBE HOSPITAL (US $1,817,943)

THURSDAY
-MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (US $15,762.466)
-MINISTRY OF JUSTICE (US $40,632,532)
-LIBERIA NATIONAL POLICE (US $ 9,904.139)
-IMMIGRATION (US $3,974,335)
-DEA (US $ 610,000)

FRIDAY
-MINISTRY LANDS MINES & ENERGY (US $23,127,170)
-MINISTRY OF INFORMATION (US $4,376,580)
-MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT (US $4,901,423)
-NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION (US $6,469,357)
-EPA (US $2, 276, 309,)

HEARING STARTS AT 10PM IN THE JOINT CHAMBER
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC ARE INVITED