Chief minister says this after a PPBM assemblyman questions the 'open-ended' discussions with Putrajaya. FMTNews Sabah ShafieApdal
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government hopes to settle issues on the state’s rights including on oil royalty payment and the 40% net revenue owed to it by next year.Chief Minister Shafie Apdal told the state assembly today.
“Although we are not satisfied yet with what we’ve got, but out of the 21 items discussed by the special Cabinet committee to review and implement the Malaysia Agreement 1963, we have agreed on eight items with the federal government,” he said. “The special grant to Sabah has also been increased from RM26.7 million to RM53.4 million for next year. This is a 100% increase. It would climb to RM80.1 milion for 2022 and 2023 and RM106.8 million for 2024,” said Shafie.Earlier, Masidi Manjun said there had been no solutions in sight despite years of discussions over oil royalty and net revenue.
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