TAWAU: The three-day Sabah Madani Rakyat Programme (PMR) 2025, which began on Friday at the Tawau Municipal Council Square here, has successfully achieved its objective of bringing government programmes and services closer to the people.
Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Ewon Benedick said the programme also marked a successful effort in making entrepreneurship a movement to eradicate poverty.
“The programme receives an overwhelming response from the people of Sabah, especially from the east coast. The various activities and services offered successfully attracted 150,000 visitors as of 11 am today.
“Over two days, sales amounting to nearly RM1 million were recorded through the Jualan Murah Madani Sale, the One District One Industry (SDSI) sales and food truck sales. Additionally, RM3.4 million was channelled into entrepreneur financing and RM365,000 was recorded under the Business Matching initiative,” he said in a statement today.
According to Ewon, the event featured 36 booths from ministries, government agencies and private sector participants offering 242 touchpoint services, as well as 158 Madani sales entrepreneurs, security asset exhibitions, a career carnival, seven satellite programmes and 63 engagement sessions.
He said the success of Sabah PMR 2025 was the result of strategic cooperation between the Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry (Kuskop) as the lead ministry, the Sabah government and the Performance Acceleration and Coordination Unit (PACU) of the Prime Minister’s Department.
He added that during the programme, five entrepreneurs from the B40 group were also presented with the Sabah Entrepreneur Excellence Award by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
“These are ‘zero to hero’ entrepreneurs who received guidance from government agencies and have successfully created job opportunities for the local community,” he said.
He added that Kuskop extends its appreciation to all quarters across all ministries and agencies, private companies, entrepreneurs, and especially the people of Sabah for their strong support and participation in the programme.
