SEREMBAN: The Negeri Sembilan government has recorded an increase in revenue in 2018 with a total collection of RM421.241 million after the Pakatan Harapan (PH) took over the state administration in May 2018, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun (pic).
He said the state government managed to collect RM421.241 million in revenue, about 2.24 percent above the initial target of RM412 million.
“While our operating expenditure for 2018 was at RM394.758 million, about 95.80 percent, among the highest recorded. For this year we will like to achieve 100 percent.
“Our development expenditure for the same year was at RM96.292 million or 83.18 percent of total allocation of RM115 million,” he told a media conference here yesterday.
In this regard, he said, the State Financial Officer had asked all state departments and agencies to spend the allocation for this year amounting to RM116.9 million.
He said the RM116.9 million allocation for this year should be spent by all state departments and agencies to ensure that development could be implemented properly. – Bernama
