“Our economy is growing, old age pension has increased, subsidies for water and electricity are given to pensioners, free school uniforms for children and increase in public assistance, while at the same time the Opposition is using their one seat majority to cut funding for these programmes.”
It was emphasised that another significant achievement for the country has been a marked increase in the productive capacity of the economy with rice reaching record levels, passing the 500,000 tonnes mark for the year. The mining sector has also performed well overtaking sugar as the largest foreign exchange earner.
