The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that the second wave of COVID-19 in Europe, is threatening oil price and the proposed 2021 budget. She also said there was no plan to hike the Value Added Tax (VAT). The 2021 budget was predicated on $40 per barrel. But
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