The Agriculture and Food Security Minister said that due to the national debt of the country reaching RM1.5 trillion, the government needed to spend wisely, but despite that the welfare of fishermen remained a priority for the government.
Mohamad said the government through LKIM still continued to provide a cost of living allowance to 38,000 fishermen in the country with an allocation of RM136.8mil and from the total, 2,151 were fishermen from Kedah.He said other than the allowance, the government has been carrying out various assistance programmes such as the Fisherman Safety and Protection Scheme, Disaster and Fund Relief Scheme and Special Housing Fisherman Project.
He however said all this was achieved thanks to the current political stability in the country that encouraged investors to continue investing.