Deputy Speaker and Territorial At Large Representative Hon. Neville Smith believes that the government needs to start operating off of data to justify the decisions made when conducting the annual Standing Finance Committee meetings.
Smith made the plea during the 2023 Budget Debate recently in the House of Assembly, warning that if the previous practice continues of approving monies to departments without the relevant data, governments will continue to lose needed resources.
Smith also provided an example to further argue his point.
He said if data is indeed available, the relevant finance departments should disclose that valuable information to the elected officials at the Standing Finance meetings.
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