KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noor has directed  the Rural Development Ministry to spruce up the administration process at all district  offices in the state. 

"The Rural Development Ministry is an important ministry tasked to transform the rural  areas and to uplift the peoples’ livelihood," he said. 

In this respect, cooperation from all district officers is imperative to ensure the State  Government's development agenda can be implemented efficiently, he said.  

"State and federal rural development projects must be implemented according to  schedule. This also includes awareness programmes for the rural folks," he said during  his working visit to the Rural Development Ministry in Sembulan near here today. 

"Most important, it is the task of the district officers to resolve problems at their respective  districts," he said. 

The Chief Minister also wants delays in the issuance of allowance for the Village Security  and Development Committee (JKKK) to be resolved promptly. 

"I want the Ministry to monitor the performance of officers at the respective district offices  and to ensure that works are carried out according to schedule including resolving the  allowance issue,” he said. 

Hajiji has directed the Ministry to conduct a relevant course for all personnel in each  district office to resolve pertinent problems in the district. 

During the working visit, the Chief Minister and entourage were briefed by Rural  Development Ministry Permanent Secretary, Datuk Norlijah Danin on the Ministry's  ongoing programmes and those that have been successfuly implemented. 

Among the programmes were the rural small development project, rural entrepreneur  development, rural economy and amenity, poverty eradication, one district one product,  supplementary economic activities, rural alternative water supply, rural alternative  electricity supply and Rumah Mesra SMJ. 

Present were Finance Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Masidi Manjun, Rural  Development Minister Datuk Jahid Jahim, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister  Datuk Ariffin Arif, assistant ministers and senior department officers. 

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