The failure of the Fiji Meat Industry Board falls upon the minister, Opposition MP Niko Nawaikula said. He said Ministry of Agriculture was the problem.
“All that he told us was the problems, problems, problems, problems and it is not only limited to cattle,” he said while speaking in Parliament last week.
“What about piggery? It is not limited to piggery even.
“What is happening to goat farming?
“What is happening to sheep farming?
“All these come under the jurisdiction of the FMIB.
“It is not only cattle, it is not only brucellosis or whatever that is. “The failure falls upon the minister, this is your problem.”
Responding to the statement, Minister for Agriculture, Waterways and Environment Dr Mahendra Reddy said they needed to wait.
Mr Nawaikula said they could not wait as they had only two more years before the election.
“We cannot wait. We only have two more years before the election.
“We are out of time now. The only thing that we can ask you is to move out so that we can have a new initiative, a new mind who will listen to the experts, not like you.
“That is the problem. The problem is the Ministry of Agriculture.”
