Pledge on the JPKK allowance

Tuaran: Sabah Rural Development Minister, Datuk Jahid Jahim, said his Ministry has drawn up a calendar in which Village Development and Security Committee (JPKK) allowance will be paid on the same date as government and village head salary payment. 

“This is an improvement because once upon a time, this was often an issue raised by JPKK regarding arrears of allowances, some even up to months.”  

 

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