(Parliament news): Jan 25, 2022; Addis Ababa: Advisory Committee of the HoPRs unanimously ratified duplet agendas, today.

Deputy Chairperson of the House, Honourable Lomi Bedo presented the Community-Wide Health Insurance and the 2021/22 (2014 Eth Cal) fiscal budget-amendment bills, which later were approved by the Committee after a deliberation.

According to the introduction by the Deputy Chairperson, the Community-Wide Health Insurance is mainly intended to pave access to the section of the community who couldn’t entertain the appropriate, accessible and standardized health coverage.

Regarding the fiscal budget addendum of the current year, Her Honour said; the revision of state-supported working budget is needed to maintain auxiliary projects as well as to fill the gap and shortage seen in tax and revenue collection. As to her, the war the country involved in and the #Covid-19 impacts acted as impetus for the later reason.

Members of the Advisory Committee on their part said, the agendas are well-judged and are of great significance in playing their roles to peel off the shortcomings of the society.

The agendas are adjourned to be presented to the next session of the General Assembly of the House, the Deputy Speaker announced.

It can be recalled that the Cabinet of Ministers of the FDRE recently adopted a 122 billion Ethiopian Birr budget amendment.