Mousa Gibril Bala Gaye, Secretary of State for Finance and Economic Affairs is today December 18 expected to present the 2007 budget of the Government of The Gambia to the National Assembly.

The presentation of the budget follows the presentation of the estimates of revenues, recurrent and development expenditures for the fiscal year 2007 to the National Assembly on Tuesday December 5 and debated last Thursday December 14.

It could be recalled that the presentation of the estimates to the National Assembly is a requirement of the 1997 constitution and the Budget Management and Accountability Act, 2004 Section (1) which states that “His Excellency, the President is required to instruct the Secretary of State for Finance and Economic Affairs to present and submit to the National Assembly at least 30 days before the end of each financial year, the estimates of revenue and expenditures of the Gambia for the following year”.