Courtesy: New Age Online | Monday, April 07, 2014
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday
reiterated her government's firm commitment to implement the Chittagong Hill
Tracts Peace Agreement completely for further development and maintaining peace
in the region, BSS reports.
‘The (CHT) region witnessed unrest and conflict
for a long time before 1996. But the past Awami League government during its
tenure from 1996-2001 took initiatives for restoring peace in the region and
signed the landmark peace treaty,’ she said.
Sheikh Hasina said most of the clauses of the
peace accord have already been implemented, while some executed partially. ‘We
would implement the treaty completely in phases,’ she said.
She said this while formally inaugurating the World Health Day 2014 programme through a videoconferencing. She talked to the people of Bandarban from the secretariat in the capital through the videoconferencing.
Health minister Mohammad Nasim, state minister for CHT affairs Bir Bahadur and health secretary MN Niazuddin also spoke on the occasion from Bandarban Ethnic Minority Community Cultural Institute.
The prime minister said her government has given special attention to the development of the CHT region as it was neglected for a long time.
‘We have taken initiatives for development of
various sectors including health, education and communication in the region so
that the people of the hill areas get services from their doorsteps,’ she said.
Due to these time-befitting and pragmatic steps, Sheikh Hasina said an immense opportunity in the fields of health, education, investment and employment is being created in the region.
The prime minister said a university would be
set up in the CHT region to ensure higher education for its students. ‘A law on
establishing the university has already been enacted,’ she said.
Terming healthcare as a fundamental right of the
people, Sheikh Hasina expressed her firm determination that her government
would continue its relentless efforts in reaching the medicare services to the
doorsteps of the people.
‘There are commitments of fulfilling basic needs
including healthcare and education of the people in the constitution. So our
government would do whatever necessary to fulfill the demands,’ she said.
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