Fadillah to chair MA63 committee meeting in Sabah tomorrow
He said the meeting would be the first item on the agenda in the state capital this morning.
"Tomorrow, I will personally chair a special technical committee under MA63 for the state of Sabah.
"I believe the meeting will be attended by (deputy chief minister) Datuk Seri Jeffrey Kitingan, Finance Minister (Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun), and fellow representatives from Sabah," he said during his Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry's media night here.
Following the meeting, the Petra Jaya member of parliament is expected to make several visits under a programme dubbed Petra Squad.
"This programme, which started during my tenure as the public works minister, adopts the same concept as our previous ground outreach initiatives, where all top ministry leadership go to the ground to oversee project implementations and programmes under the ministry in Sabah.
"We will listen to feedback from Sabah's leadership directly on-site to discuss any problems or improvements needed.
"We expect to visit many areas, and I hope the media will play an important role alongside us," he said, adding that Universiti Malaysia Sabah would be one of the sites.
Earlier in the evening, upon his arrival, Fadillah paid a courtesy call on Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Musa Aman.
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