Under the Fiji Roads Authority, we’ll be beginning construction on the four laning project from Nadi to Lautoka next year.
We’re bringing better governance, through a higher level of accountability and transparency, to independent institutions, particularly the Water Authority of Fiji, the Fiji Roads Authority and the Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji.
We’re coming down hard on contractors who don’t pay their workers, or the companies they have subcontracted.
Because Fijian taxpayers deserve better.
You need to be fully compliant with FNPF payments and fully compliant with FRCS.
We’ll also be applying a new policy towards Government ministries and departments as well.
We are also nearing completion of the upgrade of the Labasa airport to cater for night landings, granting the ability for same-day return flights from Labasa to Suva. And in Rotuma, we are finally realising the 40-year dream to upgrade the airport to cater for the larger ATR 42s and 72s, increasing the number of passengers who can fly to Rotuma tenfold, thereby reducing fares.
Opening up another maritime region of our country to massive new flows of economic exchange, tourism and connecting them – like never before – to the rest of our Fijian family. Both of those projects are scheduled to open at the end of next month.
We’ve set aside an allocation of $97 million towards the Ministry of Agriculture.
Government has allocated $20.5 million to the Ministry of Fisheries.
Madam Speaker, we will be holding elections sometime this year, and 20 million dollars is allocated to the Fijian Elections Office for the conduct of those elections.
