Hajiji, who is also state finance minister, said this marked a usage performance of 45.67% of the more than RM5.23 billion allocated in the plan for 1,118 approved development projects in Sabah.
“It is hoped that Sabah will exceed the national performance of 55.44%,” he said in a statement after chairing the state development action council meeting at Menara Kinabalu.
Hajiji requested all ministries and agencies to take follow-up action based on the detailed performance report tabled during the meeting to ensure that all planned development projects were implemented as scheduled.
On another matter, Hajiji said 76 of the 85 state statutory bodies and government-interest companies (GIC) which had yet to set up their respective integrity and governance unit (IGU) should do so by December this year.
Hajiji also reminded all departments, district offices, local authorities and state statutory bodies that had yet to formulate and implement their organisational anti-corruption plan that they had until December next year to do so.
“It is our shared responsibility to inculcate integrity in the implementation of responsibilities in the government delivery system in order to achieve sustainable development goals,” he said.
Meanwhile, the chief minister said 22,664 household heads in Sabah would benefit from the Malaysian Family Insurance Scheme (SKIM) introduced by the government as social protection for the poor and hardcore poor groups listed in the eKasih database.
Among the benefits of the shariah-compliant group are takaful insurance plans at RM10,000 for natural deaths, RM25,000 for accidental deaths as well as RM10,000 for total permanent disability.
On the issue of housing for the poor, Hajiji said he wanted the federal rural development ministry to speed up the construction of houses for the hardcore poor in the state and to ensure smooth coordination between implementing agencies and local authorities.
“I want regular monitoring and I will ask for status updates,” he said, adding that all issues hampering its implementation should be ironed out.