Kota Kinabalu: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor is confident that the cooperative movement in Sabah, which has 1,707 registered cooperatives and more than 350,000 members under the Malaysian Cooperative Commission (SKM), can help eradicate extreme poverty in the state.
"I am proud that Sabah has the second highest number of registered cooperatives in the country after Selangor with a total income of RM570 million.
"This proves that the cooperative movement in Sabah has successfully played its role and contributed significantly as one of the agents of socioeconomic growth that has the potential to end extreme poverty," he said at the National Cooperative Day held at the Sabah International Convention Centre, here, Saturday.
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