The Appropriations Committee met in the House of Assembly yesterday to review the Supplementary Budgets presented by various departments through the Ministry heads.
RTC understands through our affiliate MM that the Government is pulling some $1.2 million dollars in funding from major projects.
When our news member arrived yesterday at the House of Assembly, we were greeted with the PS Susan Malcolm & team in the hot chair being fielded questions by the Committee members about estimates for Estate & Public Works Department.
Hon John Phillips, Governor’s Appointed male held no punches in speaking about the conditions of the House of Assembly.
A few members in the gallery were surprised by the question fielded after noting that half of the building was operational on air-conditioning and the other half was not, with members in some offices using fans as while completing their respective tasks.
Mark Macaulay of Public Works along with PS Malcolm responded by informing the members that the Gov’t skill set was not sufficient to handle that specific project and consultants would be given the project to execute
One member of that Committee opposite accuses the government of abandoning their own plans for national development. Hon Sean Astwood calls the items which have been scraped this financial year, much needed projects which will now see severe cuts in much needed areas.
We’ll have more from the Appropriations meeting in a later newscast.
