𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗛𝗼𝗻. 𝗔𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗢𝗘 𝗛𝗤 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱- 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿.
In this budget, a 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 $𝟴𝟰𝟳 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 and the 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 $𝟲𝟳𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻, which 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀 $𝟴𝟲.𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. In addition, $𝟭𝟱𝟯 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀.
This 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗢𝗘 𝗛𝗤 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
𝗛𝗼𝗻. 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗢𝗘 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱. The meeting also 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗷𝗶.
The 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 to 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 and 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 with the units and seek guidance from the officers in the field in order to utilise the 2025-2026 budget allocation to 𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗰𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆.
