Unemployed people in the North can expect an announcement on the one-off assistance of $100 which was announced in the Revised National Budget in March.
This has been confirmed by Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum who says there were some logistical issues regarding assistance but people will hear about this in a week’s time or so.
The Minister had earlier said they have allocated $13 million towards unemployment assistance for Vanua Levu.
Sayed-Khaiyum says this programme also includes a one-off assistance of $50 to all social welfare recipients in Fiji.
He had said the bus fare subsidy for the elderly and disabled will be increased from the current $10 to $25 per month at a total cost of $6 million dollars benefitting close to 40,000 Fijians.
