Data compiled by Agri Ministry will determine flood relief recipients

Data compiled during visits by the Ministry of Agriculture, its associated agencies and the Civil Defence Commission will be used to determine the approximate 52,000 recipients of government’s recently announced  $7.8B flood relief grants.

This is according to Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh and Minister of Agriculture,  Zulfikar Mustapha.

Government is also currently “fine-tuning” how the money will distributed and that process should be completed by the end of this week.