KUALA LUMPUR: The controversial National Feedlot Centre (NFC) project continues to draw flak as members of the opposition and the government sparred over the matter.Last week, Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister Noh Omar defended the project, saying it is a success as it met its target of producing 8,000 head of cattle by 2010.
PKR promptly hit out at Noh, saying that under the Ninth Malaysia Plan, the NFC farm in Gemas, Negri Sembilan, alone should have slaughtered 60,000 head of cattle a year.
Earlier today, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin jumped to the defence of the NFC project, saying that the Attorney-General’s Report stated that the project had met its objective.
Khairy, the Rembau MP, also criticised the opposition for making “wild allegations”.
He cited an allegation that the farm in Gemas was allocated 5,000 hectares of land when in reality it was allocated only 1,500 hectares (which was a revised estimate by the ministry).
“Besides, the 1,500ha was leased from the Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar Incorporated,” Khairy told reporters at the Parliament lobby, adding that PKR had got its facts wrong.
But PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution today pointed out that PKR obtained its figure (5,000ha) from the ministry’s website.
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