According to economist Awadallah Mousa the statements of the Minister of Finance about the Sudanese economy on Saturday “are nothing more than a public political speech”.
Mousa considers the statements of Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim on the Sudanese economy during his address to a crowd in Hasaheisa in El Gezira on Saturday, as an attempt “to raise the morale, but they are imperceptible”.
On Friday, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning deposited the draft budget for 2023 on the table of the Council of Ministers, in preparation for its discussion at the level of the specialised committees and sectors of the Council, before submitting it for approval by the Council.
Economist Mohamed El Nayir criticised the delay in the 2023 budget approval, pointing to its negative effects on the economy, which already constitutes a heavy burden on the Sudanese. He laments that it is the first time in the history of Sudan that a delay in the national budget approval has occurred.
At a time when fuel prices rise further, Sudan In The News published their investigation into 'How the Sudanese military worsened the fuel crisis to justify their coup' in which whistle-blowers in Sudan’s oil industry reveal that the military intentionally neglected securing oil fields in order to exacerbate the fuel shortages, which provided justification for the October 25, 2021, coup.