Mawbima Today reports on projects from the Ministry of Agriculture, which is funded by foreign aid and is funded only by the project director without doing any work. According to the news, the ministries where ministers and secretaries change their seats from time to time and are paid by the people have become crooks of white elephants. See the report below.
An investigation has revealed that the SARP (Small Holder Agribusiness and Resilience Project) project, which was launched about a year ago to uplift the economy of needy farming families, is a project that only pays the director’s salary.
The project director is paid a salary of Rs. 167,000 per month and has been provided with facilities including a vehicle and a fuel allowance, but he has not received any duties as the project has not yet begun.
US $ 82 million has been allocated for this project.
There are seven FDI projects under the Ministry of Agriculture, of which the SARP project, which was launched last year, as well as the US $ 50 million ICDP (Inclusive Connectivity & Development Project) project, which is currently inactive and non-operational Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture point out that there are plans to bring back the aid countries.
They further point out that all the seven foreign-funded projects are currently being implemented under an Additional Secretary and that these projects have been slowed down due to the inefficiency of the sector.