The Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development (M.W.C.S.D) is anticipating that by the end of this month, all 51 constituencies should get their funds under the government's $1million District Development Project.

M..W.C.S.D Minister, Leota Laki Lamositele in an interview with this newspaper stressed that this includes the four remaining constituencies whose proposals were declined due to unmet requirements of the project.

"There's about three or four more constituencies left that haven't been disbursed their funds yet because they haven't met the criteria but we've given them the criteria to abide by and we're expecting them to be followed any time soon," he said.

"Hopefully we will be able to deal with those issues before the end of the month because as the chair of the project, that's my target.

"We're trying to clear the current clog so we can move onto the next stages."

Asked for an overall follow up on the project, Leota said he will call a media conference on Monday this week after the Ministry meets for a discussion on the project.

'We're having a meeting on Monday and after the meeting I will call a press conference to give an update on the $1million project," he said.

"The work by the Ministry is still in progress on the disbursement of the funds."

Meanwhile, there are currently 47 constituencies that have been approved for the $1million project in various stages with the Minister saying most of the constituencies' proposals including the 10 constituencies whose proposals were temporarily declined, have been approved.

10 Electoral Constituencies had their funding from the Governments’ $1 million tala Development Project suspended for breach of guidelines, Cabinet Minister and member of the current Administration’s $1 million project Steering Committee La’auli Leuatea Polataivao Fosi revealed earlier this year.

Speaking to the media over the weekend, La’auli cited the unauthorised distribution of the $200,000 initial allocation adding that in some constituencies the funds were distributed as payment in advance for property leases where the District Centers will be housed.

The Cabinet Minister contradicts the spending allocation of the $200,000.For instance, $132,000 is to fund the construction of the center, $32,000 for operational (electricity and water bill) costs and the balance of $32,000 for the wages of staff and allowances of Committee Members.

Once that is completed, the constituency is required to submit three reports which are:• Financial statements on the use of the initial $200,000 and a Letter from the Auditor• 4 Year District development Plan• A Report on how the $1 million will be utilised

The disbursement of the $1 million is not all at once, the first lot will be $150,000 to be utilised for operational costs at the District Development Center.

Earlier this year, an inspection by the SAT$1 million Development Project Steering Committee confirmed 48 constituencies have established district council offices with the remainder yet to do so.