Warisan president Shafie Apdal, who was chief minister from 2018 to 2020, said his government was the first in Sabah to establish a state ministry of education.
PETALING JAYA: Warisan tonight pledged to restore the Sabah state ministry of education and innovation and the state ministry of health should it return to power after the Nov 29 state assembly elections.
Party president Shafie Apdal said the health ministry had been a feature of the 2018-2020 Warisan government, which had helped reduce dependence on the federal government at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
He pledged that the ministry would oversee the construction of new hospitals and clinics as well as help churn out more specialists and nurses.
Shaife said the state government would also be able to pay the salaries of nurses and specialists with funds derived from the state’s coffers.
“We will be able to stem the brain drain. Restoring the health ministry is a proactive move to resolve related issues efficiently and speedily,” he said tonight in launching Warisan’s manifesto for the state elections.
Shafie said the Malaysia Agreement 1963 provided autonomy for Sabah to manage its own education policies. A state education ministry should be restored as it would help the state government roll out a syllabus tailored to the needs of the people, he said.
“The Warisan government is the first and only Sabah government to establish such a ministry,” he said.
Shafie also promised that Warisan would build hydro-electric dams in Kinabatangan and Lahad Datu to help resolve water shortages and power outages that occur in the east and west coast.
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