Kitingan: Federal govt must resolve Sabah’s 40% net revenue special grant issue


KOTA KINABALU: Sabah does not wish to continue receiving interim payments and insists on resolving the issue of the 40% net revenue special grant, says Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan.

The Deputy Chief Minister I said that while the recent RM600mil interim payment announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for Sabah was the largest the state has received to date, Sabah does not want to rely on interim payments indefinitely.

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