Kota Kinabalu: Bersatu Deputy President Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin has been reminded not to politicise the basic infrastructure problems in Sabah.
Tandek Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (Gagasan Rakyat) Chief, Datuk Dr Janathan Kandok, said the problems of water supply, electricity and roads in Sabah were inherited from the previous government.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});“Therefore, it is not appropriate for the infrastructure problem to be used as a political toy to gain votes.
“The GRS Government under the leadership of Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor is doing its best in overcoming the problems. It is a bit excessive for Hamzah to criticise the GRS Government which only inherited the issue.
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He also told Hamzah that Sabahans would not be influenced by sentiments as if the basic infrastructure problems faced today happened only after the 2020 general election.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});He said Hajiji had informed that Sabah had obtained allocations from the Federal Government to resolve the electricity supply problem to the extent that Sabah Electricity (SE) is often blamed for the power outages that occurred.
He said the Chief Minister had already briefed the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, on Sabah’s plans in addressing the water problem.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});The RM320 million allocation will enable Sabah to resolve its water problem in the short term.
It covers six programmes involving 20 projects throughout Sabah including in Kota Kinabalu City, Tuaran, Putatan, Papar, Beaufort, Keningau, Tawau, Lahad Datu and Sandakan.