Ismail said the incentives given to the settlers since the beginning of the Felda land settlement programme was proof of how special they are to the government.

“Even when Felda was deluged with problems, the settlers were never neglected,” he said at an event in Felda Mayam here.

Present were former Pahang menteri besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail and Felda chairman Idris Jusoh.

Ismail said the government’s special treatment was not only limited to the settlers but had also been extended to their second generation as proven by the various incentives announced for the group recently.

He said these included the improvement made to Felda’s new generation housing project, in which 8,670 new land lots had been identified, including 770 that had been approved.

Apart from that, he said, RM20 million had been allocated by Felda, and more was announced by the government under the 2023 budget, as housing loans for young people, including the second generation of Felda settlers, through the housing credit guarantee scheme.

Describing the Felda settlers as “very loyal voters” in the history of the Barisan Nasional government, Ismail hoped that they would continue to ensure victory for the coalition in Pahang and at the federal level in GE15.

“I guarantee that if we win big, there will be political stability, our economy will improve. The ones to benefit will be all of you as loyal citizens.

“Felda (settlers) are our real fixed deposit. They are the ones who have been very loyal to the government that we led before,” he said.