5-year solutions

FINANCE Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said ministries would prepare three and five-year solutions to allow them to make better plans, use finances more efficiently and attract more international development assistance. He said the State couldn’t go on having rigid budgeting, but it must have a sense of where the budget was going and how it intended to get there.

State services

THE decentralisation of the government services so that people can use them without travelling long distances has revealed that 70,000 Fijians were not registered for births, deaths and marriages. A campaign was launched to encourage people to register.

Legal Aid

LEGAL Aid Services have received funding of $5m. Government has confirmed that they intend to open more Legal Aid offices in Taveuni, Rotuma, Levuka, Nabouwalu and Kadavu, making it a total of 18 offices throughout Fiji.

Landowners fund

ITAUKEI landowners have been given $10m for the development of their land. This is to install basic infrastructure such as water, electricity on the land they plan to lease to become partners in development, whether residential, commercial or industrial development.