MUSLIM LEAGUE NEGOTIATES $26.4M EXTENSION ON FACILITY
AFiji Muslim League delegation, led by the National president Hafizud Khan is in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The delegation is concluding a number of collaborations, including negotiating for an extension of US$12million (about $26.4million) soft loan with the Islamic Development Bank, approved in 2017for development of Commercial Project on its Nabua Freehold Estate.
The Islamic Development Bank has, over the years, provided grant assistance to the Fiji Muslim League for a number of school projects, hostels.
This includes the Makoi Women’s Vocational Training Centre, which over the past three-and-a-half years has helped train close to 1000 women, meeting the low-income threshold criteria, and representing the diverse multi-ethnic communities of Fiji.
The Islamic Development Bank has, over the years, provided grant assistance to Fiji Muslim League for a number of school projects, hostels.
Other developments
The delegation has also submitted a proposal to the Islamic Development Bank for its first Girls’ High School and hostel facilities - to be located at Makoi,
Nasinu.
The delegation also met with the president of the Islamic Development Bank, Dr Bandar Hajjar.
They expressed appreciation and gratitude for the long and successful association with Fiji resulting in marked improvement in Fiji Muslim League’s educational facilities and impacting the lives of many marginalised families.