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Minister of Public Utilities Marvin Gonzales announced one hundred and eighty-one million has been spent on water projects for Tobago. Minister Gonzales spoke on Wednesday afternoon, during the sod turning ceremony for the construction of the Goldsborough Water Treatment Plant. Elizabeth Williams was there and has this report.
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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, so far the central government has spent 77 million dollars
00:08to improve the supply of water in Tobago. 54 million dollars have already been
00:16identified to spend on upcoming projects to improve the supply of water in
00:22Tobago and this Goldsboro water treatment plant is going to cost central
00:27government 50 million dollars bringing a total of 181 million dollars to
00:35improve the supply of the water for the people of Tobago. The project is
00:40set to start on Thursday and last 18 months. Minister Gonzalez said the
00:46government remains committed to the people of Tobago. 181 million dollars
00:52spent in Tobago to improve the supply of water and not one allegation of
00:57corruption. Not one allegation of corruption. This Goldsboro water
01:04treatment plant is three years in the making. Three years of hard work by my
01:10colleague in the Ministry of Planning and Development working to get access to
01:15IDB resources so that we can construct this plant here in Goldsboro.
01:20Minister Gonzalez said no matter the political party you represent, water for all the
01:25citizenry. That regardless of whether you vote PNM, regardless of whether you vote
01:29TPP, whether you vote PDP and all kind of names you all have for them in
01:35Tobago here, that we are all citizens of Trinidad and Tobago and therefore we are
01:40deserving of a reliable supply of water. He recalled when the PDP gained power in
01:46Tobago the warning that came from Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley in cabinet. It
01:51is the Honorable Prime Minister Champha Nyanaka tell you that when this new
01:57THA administration assumed office, the Prime Minister in the cabinet told us
02:03that any time he receives any complaint that any minister does not cooperate
02:08with the THA to serve the people of Tobago, he will have a dim view of such
02:13a minister and he will take the appropriate action. That was instructions
02:20given to every single minister. He gave a warning to the people of Tobago to be
02:25careful who they vote for come next THA elections. And when that day come, you
02:32will know who to put in charge of your affairs. Watch them carefully. Watch how
02:41they have conducted themselves when you put your trust in them. Ask them to
02:49account for the work that they have done when you put trust in them. Especially
02:56those who promise to do things better and to fix things.
03:01Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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