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The decree read out on state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) on Thursday night said the extension is to provide enough time for deliberation of the 2022-2023 budgets by Parliament.
In June 2022, the cabinet approved a $2.71 billion budget for the 2022/2023 financial year.
The new budget shot up by 558 billion South Sudanese pounds ($1.187 billion), which the government said is the deficit.
“The 2021-2022 general budgets is hereby extended to continue for an additional period of 90-days, commencing from 1st July to 30th September 2022,” part of the decree reads.
The three-month delay means the 2021-2022 national budgets will remain in place till September.
“The extension will enable the minister of Finance and Economic Planning to meet essential government obligations such as salaries and operating cost, security and peace-related matters as well as COVID-19 intervention.”
On March 17, 2022, the national parliament passed 338 billion budgets for 2021/2022 with an increase of more than 50 billion South Sudanese pounds.
