The issue of poverty has always been in the among many of Sabah's socio-economy agenda. The State Government has included it within their "to do list" to ensure that this particular matter is not only being monitor but also implementing various initiative to address the issue. All those years of labour finally payed off when it was announced that the poverty rate within the State has continuously decline: from 19.7 per cent in 2009 to 8.1 per cent last year (click HERE).
The director-general of the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Rahamat Bivi Yusoff presented this findings. She noted that this reflected the success of the state government under the leadership of Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman in addressing poverty (We highlighted some of the State Government's initiatives to address this matter in the past. Just click HERE , HERE and HERE to read more).
Similar sentiment has been expressed by State Legislative Assembly Speaker Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak (Click HERE) thus reaffirming Datuk Musa's efforts regarding this matter. These figures is liken the english idiom " killing two birds with one stone": It stands as testament to the capacity of the state government under Barisan National to administer the state and at the same time quash all doubts and scrutiny that has been constantly being peddled out by the opposition font.
Key Points Highlighted By Dr Rahamat Bivi
The poverty rate in the rural areas of Sabah also recorded a decline – from 32.8 per cent in 2009 to 12.9 per cent – and in the urban areas, there was also a drop from 9.8 per cent to 5.3 per cent.
A survey also showed that the household income throughout Sabah for 2012 rose to RM4,013 from RM3,102 in 2009. It represents a 29.4 per cent improvement with the averafe growth rate of 8.6 per cent per annum. This is a good achievement for Sabah because in just four years the household income has increased by a huge amount.
The average monthly income in the urban areas had also shot up by 22.7 per cent from RM3,803 in 2009 to RN4,668 in 2012 and in the rural areas, by 33.8 per cent from RM2,177 to RM2,913.
Household Income Survey (HIS) 2012 for Sabah also indicated that the income distribution in Sabah has improved. The Gini coefficient reduced from 0.453 in 2009 to 0.428 last year and that this reflected a more equitable distribution of income among households as a result of the implementaiton of a more comprehensive initiatives and inclusive socio-economic development programmes in Sabah.
The implementation of specific programmes to assist the poor and low-income group to generate higher income,” he said, adding that among such programmes were 1AZAM, Agropolitan and Minis Estet Sejahtera Development as well as the livestock and commercial agricultural and microcredit programmes.
The Federal Government Played Their Part As Well
Meanwhile Dr Rahamat Bivi said the federal government has allocated RM24.8 billion under the 10th Malaysia Plan (Rolling Plan 1, II and III) for the implementation of development programmes which included the construction of basic rural infrastructure as well as education and housing assistance programmes under the National Key Results Areas (NKRA) in Sabah.
As a specific measure to help the poor and low-income earners, a total of RM293.5 lillion was allocated to implement 1AZAM under the NKRA Low Income Households.
As of December 2012, Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) has also provided RM920.6 million to help the poor to conduct micro-businesses.
BOTOM LINE: This is a crowning glory for Datuk Musa's administration of Sabah which mirrors his determination minimize the poverty rate in Sabah.
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