The Libyan Prime Minister, Fathi Bashagha, discussed with the Minister of Planning and Finance in his government, Osama Hammad, during a meeting at the headquarters of the Council of Ministers in Sirte today, Sunday, the proposal for the state’s general budget for the year 2023.

The meeting dealt with the role of the oversight bodies and the readiness of the ministries and agencies affiliated with the Libyan government, and the submission of plans and proposals for the new year to the Ministry of Planning and Finance to include them in the draft general budget law in preparation for its discussion and approval by the House of Representatives.

Bashagha instructed the Ministry of Finance to follow up the financial performance of all institutions and agencies, close their final accounts, pay attention to the file of necessary services, direct spending and spending on citizen needs represented in food, medicine, electricity, health and education, and give them priority in the new year’s budget proposal.