Johor Menteri Besar Osman Sapian said the RM50,000 allocation can be used for the running of the people’s representative centres.

“After studying the state’s finances, I want to announce that at present, the priority of the government under me is to provide immediate assistance to the people after the 14th general election (GE14).

“We want to give assistance to the people, regardless of political differences,” he said.

Osman was speaking after chairing his first Johor state exco meeting at the state government administrative centre in Kota Iskandar today.

Osman said in conjunction with Ramadan and the coming Aidilfitri, the state government had agreed to give a one-off aid of RM993,600 to 2,762 mosques and surau in the state.

He said RM500 would be given to each mosque and RM300 to every surau before Aidilfitri, involving 825 mosques and 1,937 surau.

“The state government will not neglect any community and will look at the types of assistance to provide to the Chinese, Indian and other communities, in terms of education, development and such.”

He said the finances of the state were good and it could afford to give the one-off aid.

Osman said the state government also decided today to abolish the government’s “vertical quota” (KMK) for affordable housing in the state, in line with Johor Pakatan Harapan’s 100-day pledge.

Asked if the state government would replace it with another system, Osman said he would look at the need from time to time.

“The state government will look at the situation from time to time. But the KMK is definitely gone.

“After this, we may set up a committee to look at the house applications to ensure transparency. We do not want to let one or two people make the decision.

“This committee may comprise people’s representatives or exco members,” he said.

On PH’s pledge to build 100,000 units of Johor affordable homes (RMMJ) within five years, Osman said the state government would try to keep its word.