KOTA KINABALU: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called for immediate action to provide aid to flood and landslide victims in Sabah while accelerating infrastructure repairs.
Anwar, who also serves as Finance Minister, emphasised that repairing disaster-damaged buildings and roads must become an urgent priority without following standard bureaucratic processes.
This directive includes constructing a new building at the Gaya Teacher Education Institute campus recently affected by landslides.
“I don’t want us to follow the normal process because this flood and the damage are not normal,“ he stated during a site inspection.
“If we follow the normal process, it will take too long to complete the access road.”
He confirmed instructing authorities to expedite all recovery efforts following his assessment of the landslide site with Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. – Bernama