SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudan 2021 budget: More money for army, less for education and health care

4/1/2021: Radio Dabanga - Sudan 2021 budget: More money for army, less for education and health care

 Radio Dabanga report on the leaked 2021 National Budget which suggests that the Sudanese government plans to increase the budget for the military and security forces, while decreasing healthcare and education.

The Finance Ministry said the 2021 National Budget is “the result of wide consultations and meetings between economists and politicians from various backgrounds with finance officials, ministries, institutions, budget experts, and representatives of the Resistance Committees, the FFC, and the Peace Partners”.

 However, Dr Hasan Bashir, Economics Professor at al-Nilein University said he expects Sudanese to continue living in dire conditions in 2021, with the budget “showing an imbalance in the expenditure”, citing increased expenses for the ministries of Defence and Interior Affairs, and the Rapid Support Forces.

 Bashir considers it “a major problem” that revenues from companies owned by military forces are not mentioned in the 2021 National Budget.