Madani Rakyat 2024 Programme A Platform For Sabah PwD Traders To Promote Products

KOTA KINABALU, Oct 20 (Bernama) -- The MADANI Rakyat 2024 Sayangi Sabah programme is a platform for persons with disabilities (PwD) entrepreneurs here to showcase their own business products, achieving double the profit.

Mohd Jan Jamnu, 40, a PwD trader, who produces his own food products, including sambal, said there should be more of these programmes in the state due to the lack of public exposure to these matters, which reduces the opportunities for disabled entrepreneurs to introduce their products.

“Not many in the community know the uniqueness and potential of PwD entrepreneurs, therefore, programmes like this can be helpful to entrepreneurs like us to double our sales," Mohd Jan, who uses a prosthetic leg, told Bernama.

Meanwhile, he also wanted to thank government agencies such as the Sabah Fisheries and Fishermen's Development Corporation (Ko-Nelayan) as well as the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) for the great assistance given to him and his wife in managing their food products since 2020.

“I began doing a nasi lemak and kuih-muih business in 2016, however, in 2019,  I was discovered by the Department of Industrial Development and Research (DIDR) who encouraged me to sell my products at a sales programme in the Likas area," he said.

Elaborating on the three-day MADANI Rakyat 2024 Sayangi Sabah programme that ends today at the Likas Sports Complex, Mohd Jan said he and his wife did not want to miss this opportunity to promote their sambal food products.

" Alhamdulillah, during the three days of this programme, there had been a significant increase…about double the usual sales," he said.

He also said that their sambal products under their brand name 'Bang Muq', comprising various types of sambal such as salted fish, Tuhau and squid, received strong support from the visitors who attended the programme.

“For this, I wish to thank the government, especially the MADANI Government, for greatly helping us as PWD entrepreneurs to promote our sales to the community," he added.

-- BERNAMA