SERDANG – The federal government will be channelling RM50 million for immediate flood assistance in Johor.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the allocation concerned would be used to help flood victims as well as for other urgent needs in the state.
“RM50 million for Johor immediately...for river (management) and to assist flood victims (as well as) other urgent requirements,” he told reporters after performing Friday prayers at the Universiti Putra Malaysia mosque here today.
Anwar said he would be going to Johor to visit flood victims soon.
“Several ministers have gone (to Johor) today and another batch tomorrow while I will arrange shortly (to visit flood victims in Johor),” he said.
On the fifth day, the number of flood victims in Johor continued to increase to 33,149 people who were evacuated to 217 flood relief centres as of 8am this morning.
Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced that RM10 million in aid would be channelled to the National Disaster Management Agency to buy essential goods and additional supplies for flood-affected residents in the state.
In another development, when asked about PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang’s statement that he expected the unity government to fall soon, Anwar said: “It’s okay, that’s his right to plan and sleep-talk.”
The media previously reported that Hadi, in his speech at a dialogue on Tuesday, predicted that the Anwar-led government would fall in the near future.
Earlier, before performing Friday prayers, the prime minister took his lunch at Medan Selera Sri Serdang here accompanied by Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari and Puchong MP Yeo Bee Yin. – Bernama, March 3, 2023
