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Hundreds of hectares of land awaiting survey are stuck in bottlenecks - AG

Hundreds of hectares of land awaiting survey are stuck in bottlenecks - AG

By Dhanjay Deo
20/03/2022
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. [Image: Fijian Government]

Attorney General and Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has tweeted that hundreds of hectares of land awaiting survey are stuck in bottlenecks.

He says they have met surveyors, iTaukei Land Trust Board and Town and Country Planning to clear the backlog, streamline future process, create certainty by granting proper leases efficiently, put rentals in landowners' pockets, and grow the economy.

Sayed-Khaiyum has been recently conducting budget consultations around the country.

He will deliver the revised National Budget at 7.30pm Thursday.

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