TIRANA, November 10 /ATA/ Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Reconstruction and Reform Program Arben Ahmetaj stated today that, “The draft budget for 2022 provides 20 billion LEKË for reconstruction and budget expenditures will support at a high level public investment and the completion of the reconstruction program.”
In a hearing on the 2022 budget in the Committee on Economy and Finance, Ahmetaj said that, “Budget expenditures for the period 2022-2024 will support public investments at a high level, focusing on the reconstruction and financing of important strategic projects.”
Making a detailed report on the reconstruction process, Ahmetaj stressed that, “The fund allocated in the 2020 budget was 28 billion LEKË, and the disbursed fund was 18.1 billion LEKË “.
“About 17.48 billion LEKË are local government expenditures and 0.62 billion LEKË are used for central government. We have used the municipality of Tirana as the implementation unit for the Tirana area, while for the other 10 municipalities it has been the Albanian Development Fund “, said Ahmetaj.
Ahmetaj assured that, “2022 will be a continuation of what we have started to conclude this process, but without leaving aside the support of key sectors, such as infrastructure, health, education, agriculture and others.”
Likewise, Ahmetaj added that, “We have absorbed 100% the donor grants while the soft loans are being negotiated”./j.p/r.e/p.s./
