Cabinet has agreed that the proposal to increase the staff establishment of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces Engineers Regiment be considered through the normal budgetary process.
Following Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, they say the increasing frequency and severity of natural disasters in Fiji exacerbate the problem of manpower shortage in the Regiment, thus the proposal to increase the establishment.
They say the increase will be subject to the normal budgetary process.
The cabinet has approved name change for the Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, to the ‘Ministry of Women, Children and Social Protection’.
They say social protection programmes have played an important role in providing a safety net for individuals against economic risk and vulnerability, and this will now be appropriately reflected in the Ministry’s new name.
The new name will be effective from 1st August 2023.
