Ministerial statements like this one are much more persuasive if they include concrete examples of accomplishments.
As it is, we just have a bunch of irrelevant numbers and a cabinet minister patting himself on the back.
This statement looks like every other release or statement on the same project: unconvincing.
Anyone can write down a number, set an arbitrary and unverifiable number and the en later claim to have made steady progress by simply printing different numbers.
Just because it comes in a government news release doesn't mean that it is inherently credible.