The Barisan Nasional (BN) government has great vision and plans for the country and the people to be implemented within the next few years, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
He said the government had the ability to carry out the various agenda, but required a mandate from the people in the the next General Election to realise them .
"We (the BN government) need a mandate from the people, the next general election is around the corner, either this year or next year. Going by the mood in Kuala Nerus, (we) must make it fast, but we also have to ascertain the people's trust ... if BN is chosen, we will carry out many other transformations," he said at the groundbreaking ceremony for the People's Housing Programme (PPR) Bukit Nanas, Tepoh here, Saturday.
Also present were Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh, Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman and Communications and Multimedia Deputy Minister Datuk Jailani Johari.
More than 20,000 residents of the constituency attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the PPR project involves 500 housing units.
Najib, in his second visit to Terengganu this year, said the BN government had proven to have successfully implemented various agenda for the benefit of the people including the PPR project.
He said that for every PPR unit built, the government provided subsidies amounting to between RM115,000 and RM158,000 per unit, depending on the location.
"If the opposition raises the issue of GST, here is what we use the collected money (GST) for, we return it to the people by using it for the PPR project," he said.
He said, the opposition only knows how to attack the government by throwing various accusations and false slanders to make the people hate the government.
Hence, Najib reminded the people not to make judgments emotionally, instead see the ability and success of the government, the responsibility involved in administering the nation.
Najib also urged the Terengganu BN machinery to work harder to regain the people's support, especially in Tepoh state legislative assembly and Kuala Nerus parliamentary constituency currently dominated by PAS.
"God willing, the people's confidence will return and we will make a bigger change in the state, even upgrading Pasar Payang, RM60 million has been approved by the government for the project, the contractor has also been appointed," he said.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Sat Apr 15 2017
PM NAJIB: We (the BN government) need a mandate from the people, the next general election is around the corner, either this year or next year. - BERNAMA pic
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