WHILE admitting funding shortages, Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Khadijah Ameen says the government is not relying in property tax to fund regional corporations.

She made the comment while responding to a newspaper report that suggested the ministry’s projects have stalled due the unavailability of property tax funds.

In a media release on July 13, the ministry said the headline in the Guardian newspaper titled “Ameen’s project plans stall without property tax funds” is inaccurate and sensational.