Know your own ministry, Najib tells Maszlee

Christopher Rabin Christopher Rabin Updated 7 years ago · Published on 7 Nov 2018 11:49AM · 10 Comments

Najib Razak says Education Minister Maszlee Malik should spend more time understanding his ministry's operations. – The Malaysian Insight pic, November 7, 2018.

EDUCATION Minister Maszlee Malik’s latest proposal to provide free breakfasts for B40 students shows little understanding of his ministry, former prime minister Najib Razak said.

The ministry already has a supplementary food plan, or Rancangan Makanan Tambahan (RMT), that has been in place since 1979, Najib said in a Facebook post today.

Targeting primary school students in rural areas and from low-income groups, the plan provides RM2.50 for children in the peninsula and RM3 to pupils in Sabah and Sarawak to supplement their meals at school.

“Maybe he is so caught up with the colour of school uniforms that he didn’t notice that his own Pakatan Harapan government had cut allocations for RMT in the Budget 2019.

“(You) do not have to ‘look east’. (Instead) spend more time understanding the ministry’s operations,” wrote Najib.

Maszlee made the suggestion recently during a working visit to Japan, where he visited Itabashi Daiichi Elementary School in Tokyo.

Najib said Maszlee appeared to be ignorant or had forgotten about the RMT because he “was too busy researching”. – November 7, 2018.

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  • ya la... this Mazlee like blurr blurr

    Posted 7 years ago by Jacob Hong · Reply

  • In this aspect I cannot agree more with our ex PM. The RMT has been around even my school.days many years ago..you need not learn from Japan. What to do.. we do not have a competent Minister of Education. Hope he can buck up before pwople lose tbeir patience.

    Posted 7 years ago by A T · Reply

  • Hmmm for someone who assume things when running the ministry of finance and doesn't know what his wife is doing behind his back, he sure does know how to give pointers.

    Posted 7 years ago by Teruna Kelana · Reply

  • Good point by Najib, in his role of keeping watch, as it is important if food allocation was reduced. Restore it, or give something else in return which is beneficial? Pakatan govt, being new, can overlook things sometimes, and be reminded?..

    Posted 7 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA · Reply

  • RMT is for recess. .. ministry is proposing for breakfast. Ex-PM pun dunno what hes talking.

    Posted 7 years ago by Francis Anthony · Reply

  • Never mind Najibo. Masli is only there 5 months unlike you who was there for 40 years and started stealing and robbing the Ministrys money.

    Posted 7 years ago by Besaman Mucho · Reply

  • this article is false as it has been rebutted by the special officer....so why is it still trending?..if so...the rebuttal too should be trending...this is unfair to Mazlee.

    Posted 7 years ago by Lipdah Lia · Reply

  • I see Jibby is doing an Obama... ex-misleader who can't let go of his own delusions of grandeur, still in denial that he no longer has the power to move or shake even his own tree... & who will soon be hauled up before a court & tried like a common criminal.

    Posted 7 years ago by Antares Maitreya · Reply

    • what nonsense...dont compare a thief to Obama...no comparison..

      Posted 7 years ago by Lipdah Lia · Reply

  • Physician heal thyself.
    Let's leave him at peace to tend to his own issues please.

    Posted 7 years ago by K.C. BOEY · Reply