National Assembly - Minister to make statement on emergency plan for fisheries and agricultural sectors |26 September 2017

The Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture Pamela Charlette will appear before the National Assembly today to make a statement on the emergency plan for fisheries and agricultural sectors.

Additionally, members will debate on five motions.

The first motion is a continuation of the one started last week in which the leader of the opposition Wavel Ramkalawan is calling for IDC, through its chief executive Glenny Savy, to appear before the Assembly to provide clear explanations as to the role of IDC in the construction sector. This is in view of the fact that President Danny Faure in his Address to the Assembly announced that IDC will have until the end of next year to pull out from the construction sector.

The second motion by Baie Ste Anne MNA Churchill Gill is calling for the decentralisation of all government essential services on Mahé to Praslin. This will reduce costs for Praslin and La Digue inhabitants and also provide for more efficiency from government service providers.

The third motion by Plaisance MNA Clive Roucou is calling on the Ministry of Health to invest in more resources that could aid in detecting and treating cancer in patients in view of the increase in the number of reported cases of cancer in Seychelles.

Noline Sophola, MNA for La Digue, is calling on the government to put in place a mechanism where private sectors in construction, business and other companies for example Sacos and Seychelles Pension Fund could construct one-bedroom house or bed sitters at an affordable cost to cater for young professionals or university graduates from Praslin and La Digue who are employed on Mahé.

Last but not least, Pointe Larue MNA Jude Valmont is calling on the government to re-introduce the general purpose loan scheme (GPL) for government employees and also encouraging same for the private sector.