A total of 72,376 Fijians are social welfare recipients, Attorney-General and Economy Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said.
He highlighted this while speaking in Parliament recently on the Reserve Bank of Fiji 2017 Annual Report.
Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said it was also important to note how many people were now within Government’s bundled insurance scheme.
Read the detailed report in today’s The Fiji Times & E-edition