Govt Spent $64M Over Budget From Code 91: MPs
The Afghan government has spent Afs5 billion ($64.8 million) more than the allocated budget for Code 91 funds in three fiscal years, according to information provided by the finance and budget committee of the parliament. Code 91 is an emergency budgetary unit, and its spending has been under scrutiny by critics.
At least Afs3 billion ($38.9 million) has been spent through Code 91 funds during former acting finance minister Mohammad Humayun Qayoumi’s leadership, something that has raised questions.
According to the details provided by the finance and budget committee of the parliament, the allocated budget for Code 91 in the 1396 fiscal year (2017) was Afs1.3 billion ($16.8 million) and it spent an additional Afs 1.499 million ($19.4 million), the budget for the code in 1397 fiscal year (2018) was Afs1.3 billion ($16.8 million) and it spent an additional Afs 1.720 billion ($22.3 million) and the budget for the code in
President’s Adviser Defends Use of Code 91 Funds December 15,2020
KABUL - Waheed Omer, presidential adviser and head of the Office of Public and Strategic Affairs of the President, in response to a media report last week listing his office s receipt of Afs30 million ($392,000) of Code 91 funds, said the amount was part of the government’s allocation for his office. He said if someone calls the spending of the amount embezzlement and corruption it will cause suffering for the hard-working employees of his office, who are all supporters of families. Omer said that his office was established in March 2019 and that its expenses mentioned in the report were not part of the budget of that year, and the use of funds from Code 91 was necessary.
Lawmakers Threaten to Drop Code 91 from Next Year s Budget
Following criticism about the spending of the Code 91 budgetary unit’s fund by the government, the financial and budget committee of the Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of the Afghan parliament, on Monday threatened to not allocate money for the emergency code funds in the next fiscal year’s budget plan.
The funds for Code 91 are allocated from the national budget every year.
A report published last week by Etilaatroz newspaper states that over Afs2 billion ($25.9 million) from the government s emergency fund known as Code 91 was spent for the personal expenses of over a dozen government officials in the solar year 1398 (March 2019 to March 2020).
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