Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the opposition continues to insult the everyday workers by saying that the government is giving them handouts.

While officiating at the commissioning of Pacific Fishing Company’s 4,000 metric tonnes cold storage facility in Levuka, Bainimarama said the government will continue to assist people to succeed in life to provide for their families.

Bainimarama said that they are also handing out 264 micro and small business grants in Levuka.

He says this is an investment put directly into the capable hands of the Fijian people.

It was also good news for the people in Ovalau as the first ever Legal Aid Commission Office and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registry opened on the island today.

Bainimarama says those seeking legal services will no longer have to make the long journey to Viti Levu.

He says now in their own background, people will be able to draft wills, seek representation in the courts and access free legal advice.

Bainimarama says people will also be able to file records with the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registry with the official opening of the office in Levuka.

He says he also handed over two engines to fishing groups giving them tools to succeed and build their livelihood and support their families.

The Prime Minister will also commission the newly relocated

Nauouo village this hour.

He says this is a project that is very close to his heart because it is the people of Nauouo and other vulnerable communities like it who have driven Fiji to the global stage in the past year to lead the international community in the fight against climate change

Bainimarama says as President of COP 23, he made sure that the voices of Ovalau were spread far and wide around the world.

He says more progress is coming as the 2018/2019 National Budget has set aside $3.2 million for the new Moturiki water supply project which will allow for the piping of water from Bureta across the sea to the eight villages and 858 households on Moturiki Island.

Bainimarama also says that PAFCO has become what Ovalau has become known for as it has transformed Levuka from the former political capital to the tuna capital of Fiji and a truly economic driver for Ovalau.