I write to you in my personal and individual capacity – in the exercise of my civic right and responsibility – to express my utter disbelief and absolute horror at the news that CCI, the parent company of CCC (?), has been awarded the contract for a $15 million (it appears that this is $US) Bridges and Roads Improvement Project which is comprised of two contracts…..
Asked whether forward planning and “looking down the road” as a country would have helped us to address the present situation, the Hon. Minister replied that “the best laid plans are for mice, not men…” If that statement reflects the attitude of the Minister and his colleagues to planning, no wonder the country is in the state it is in – going to hell in a handbasket!!
I have recently come across a reference to the Blue Lagoon Real Estate corp. (referring to what was formerly the Grenada Yacht Services) in a document entitled The Contribution of Yachting to the Development of the Eastern Caribbean: Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique (Draft). This document noted, “This property has recently changed hands, the intention being the construction of a multimillion dollar marina facility.”
Having read the report, I have also come to the depressing conclusion that, when offering one’s self for political office or high public office in Grenada, perhaps one is well served by proven ability and demonstrated capacity in bungling and mismanagement and utter disregard for the acceptable practices and mechanisms of accountability and transparency in matters of financial management.
I write to express my dismay at the cavalier, dismissive and contemptuous manner in which the Minister of Finance and other ministers of the current administration are treating the concerns of many citizens about the astounding level of the national debt incurred by the NNP administration since it assumed office in 1995.
