1. The Planning & Budget Commission is the office within the Executive charged with the responsibility of issuing out the call circular to formally launch the preparation process for the 2023-2025 Multi-year budget.
2. The budget is to maintain a favourable proportion of capital to recurrent expenditure (at least a target of 60%:40%).
3. Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are directed to align their budget proposals based on their submission in the State Development Plan (SDP, 2021-2025). Both recurrent and capital envelopes have been provided for each MDA with the circular.
4. The adopted budget costing template has been modified and an updated version will be used to formulate the 2023-2025 Multi-year budget.
5. Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are directed to align their budget proposals based on their submission in the State Development Plan (SDP, 2021-2025.
6. Resources should be allocated starting with the highest priority activities and continuing in sequence down to lower priority activities until the budget ceiling is exhausted.
7. MDAs are requested to make realistic 2023-2025 recurrent expenditure estimates; and for capital receipts, on Ministries/Agencies with loans and grants funding requirements should make submissions.
8. MDAs are advised to ensure that all ongoing projects that are unlikely to be completed and paid for in 2022 are captured in their 2023 budget.
9. New projects are not to be integrated into the 2023 budget except priority projects of utmost importance as contained in the new Sector Implementation Plans (SIPs)/SDP.
10. MDAs are encouraged to engage with Civil Society Organizations, Community Based Organizations and relevant stakeholders in their budget preparation process. Inputs from such engagements should be in line with the aspiration of the Government as contained in the revised SDP.
11. In line with the Public Procurement reforms embarked by the administration, MDAs are expected to prepare their Procurement plans which will be forwarded to the Public Procurement Authority and a copy sent to the Planning & Budget Commission.
12. The funding of the State Budget remains dependent on the statutory allocation from the Federation Account.

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CALPED