Shahrizat under more pressure over feedlot project...

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil must explain the controversy behind the cattle project managed by members of her family, PKR has insisted.

The opposition party claimed the project cost had bloated 22 times over the projections of the Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Ministry.

PKR strategic director Rafizi Ramli also insisted that Shahrizat must clarify the sale of meat from the farm to a fine-dining restaurant that is also allegedly owned by her family.

At a press conference at the Parliament lobby today, Rafizi insisted that the project, under the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC), has failed in purpose to supply 40 percent local beef demand, instead supplying to a chain of restaurants allegedly owned by Shahrizat’s family.

The original policy states that the Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Ministry had estimated RM6.37 million to breed 9,000 cattle with 27.59 percent returns annually.

“However, RM141 million has been spent to rear 8,000 cattle for three years (an average of 3,000 cattle a year) which is 22 times more costly that the ministry’s estimation,” said Rafizi.

Rafizi, who visited the farm in Gemas disguised as a cattle breeder, also said that it was revealed to him by the employees that some 20 cattle slaughtered in a day were delivered to Shahrizat’s fine-dining restaurants namely - Meatworks, Senor Santos and Brawns.

“This is against the original concept behind the mooting of NFC which was to build a comprehensive marketing network and to supply beef to the whole country, and not a private abattoir for a minister’s restaurant,” he slammed.

He claimed that NFC, as an “integrator project”, had failed to implement other functions it was entrusted with such as to develop satellite farming, to supply organic fertiliser and quality beef, among others.

NFC only achieved 5 percent of target

In fact, Rafizi said that NFC’s cattle project, under the 9th Malaysia Plan, only achieved five percent of the annual production target.

Yesterday, Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister Noh Omar defended the RM73.64 million project, saying it was a success despite the 2010 Auditor-General’s Report calling it “a mess”.

“NFC should cater at least 60,000 cattle a year which is raised their farm in Gemas, Negri Sembilan. (But) they only managed to rear 8,016 cattle between 2008 and 2010, which makes it less than 3,000 cattle a year,” said Rafizi.

Noh had said yesterday that NFC had reared 8,016 cattle from 2008 to 2010, which makes up an of 2,672 a year.

However, Rafizi said that this is only 4.45 per cent of the 60,000 target and advised Noh to review the entire policy and projection of his ministry before shooting off his mouth.

Rafizi was referring to the policy paper on the project that is still available on the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) website.

“The target set by the Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Ministry through the Veterinary Services Department is higher than Noh’s announcement, which raises concerns whether the minister was lying to confuse the rakyat or he didn’t check NFC’s numbers with his officers,” said Rafizi.

“And yet, the minister (Noh) declared the project a success. He clearly failed to refer to these details. We are not cows, we can count,” he said.

According to him, NFC had also failed to draw up a plan to develop 310 small-scale cattle farmers, who annually produce 600 cattle to increase productivity to 186,000 cattle annually.

“The ministry determined NFC to develop independent commercial farms with a target of producing 30,000 cattle a year. This target was also a failure because the company identified had withdrawn. “Therefore, the target for the entire cattle breeding scheme developed by NFC is supposed to be 276,000 cattle annually, a far more reasonable target than the 8,000 mentioned by Noh,” said Rafizi. These explanations proves Noh’s “shallowness” for trying to dupe the people by saying the project was deemed a success, he added.

He also said that as Shahrizat has yet to respond to the allegations, PKR plans to send a delegation to inspect the NFC in Gemas on Thursday.

“The delegation will be led by Sikamat assemblyperson Aminuddin Harun, PKR deputy secretary-general T Kumar and central committee member Fariz Musa,” he said.

source:malaysiakini

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Comments...


Anonymous - Bangunlah dari tidur, wahai rakyat Malaysia! Masih tak sedar ke yang duit rakyat sedang diperhabis oleh suku-sakat UMNO/BN. Kononnya kerajaan perihatin pasal dia bagi RM500 tapi ketahuilah wahai saudara-saudari ku bahawa jumlah itu hanya celah gigi, pasal depa kebas 10 kali ganda jumlah tersebut! Kalau projek bela lembu pun boleh menipu, apa lagi projek-projek besar yang lain!! Ayuh, kita tukar aje kerajaan bebal ini!!!

Not Confused - Nice work if you can get it! Obtain a massive loan from the taxpayers, raise a few cattle to make it look good (!), then deliver a sizeable number of beef cattle to your own restaurant to serve at exhorbitant prices to the well-healed BN cronies. Shahrizat must resign immediately. No more, no less!

Kalau setakat nak ternak 8,000 ekor lembu dalam masa 3 tahun,aku rasa petani penternak kampung pun boleh buat dan mungkin lebih baik dan dengan perbelanjaan tak sampai RM250 juta.

Kalaulah duit sebanyak RM250 juta digunakan untuk membeli baka2 lembu yang baik dan bagi kat petani2 penternak kampung 3 ekor(1 jantan 2 betina) aku rasa dalam tempoh 3 tahun mungkin hasilnya melebihi daripada 8,000 ekor yang diperolehi Sharizat Jalil.

Tapi, nak kata apa Menteri Asas Tani yang bangang kata dia pandai...

SATU LAGI PROJEK BARISAN NASIONAL MILIK KETUA WANITA UMNO....

cheers.