Prime Minister and Minister for Sugar Industry Voreqe Bainimarama says that special cane payments are not part of the scheduled cane payments mandated under the Sugar Master Award.
He made these comments while responding to NFP MP, Prem Singh’s question on why the Prime Minister did not authorize the Fiji Sugar Corporation to give a special cane payment to cane growers before the start of the new school year.
Bainimarama also asked Singh to declare why he was asking the question.
When asked by NFP Leader, Professor Biman Prasad why he gave special payments last year, Bainimarama said that a request was made last year.
