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The health department of Banjul Local Government incurred the following expenditure in 2020:

   Le

 Construction of hospital wards

200,000
 Purchase of hospital beds 20,000
 Purchase of stationeries 15,000
 Salaries and wages 60,000
 Purchase of drugs 50,000
 Purchase of x-ray machine 100,000

The recurrent expenditure for the year is

A.

Le 370,000

B.

Le 125,000

C.

Le 320,000

D.

Le 445,000

Correct answer is B

From the given information, the expenditures that are likely to be classified as recurrent expenditures are:

Purchase of stationeries: Le15,000

Salaries and wages: Le60,000

Purchase of drugs: Le50,000

To calculate the recurrent expenditure for the year, we add these amounts together:

Le15,000 + Le60,000 + Le50,000 = Le125,000

 

Therefore, the recurrent expenditure for the year is Le125,000.