“Minister, please make sure the cows do not stay in condominiums,” he said during the question time for Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Salahuddin Ayub.
He was responding to claims that the RM250 million soft loan for NFC was used to purchase an upscale condominium in Kuala Lumpur.
Earlier, Salahuddin had urged MPs not to bring up past issues but to focus on achieving the government’s targets.
“Let the past remain as memories,” he said. “What was good, we take as examples, and what was not good, we take as boundaries.”
He was replying to Nurul Izzah Anwar (PKR-Permatang Pauh) who asked an additional question on the ministry’s memorandum to continue with the NFC, to increase the supply of meat for consumers to 30%.
“If we keep talking about NFC, we will never get anywhere,” he added.
“We should instead look forward and develop (the industry) responsibly.”
This followed Salahuddin’s reply to Hasan Bahrom (PKR-Tampin), who had asked the minister on efforts to ensure a sufficient supply of livestock for Hari Raya Haji next month.
To this, Salahuddin said 50,125 cows and 31,729 goats and sheep had been provided, with steps taken to ensure enough livestock during the celebration.