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BY: Emmanuel Bruce
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he Public Interest Accountability Committee (PIAC) has asked the Ministry of Finance to ensure that the priority areas selected for the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) disbursement are approved by Parliament before implementation, as required by Section 21 (5) of the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA) (Act 815).
The PRMA provides 12 areas where the ABFA could be disbursed, and out of these, the Ministry of Finance is expected to select four of them after every three years. The areas selected must, however, be presented to Parliament for approval before disbursement.
The priority areas for disbursement expired in 2019 and as such the ministry had to select new priority areas for 2020-2022.