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Minister of Sport and Mp for Tobago West, Shamfa Cudjoe says Sandals Resort is an opportunity for Tobago's communities and business sector, that should not be allowed to pass by.

She also weighs in on Tobago Autonomy and budget allocation concerns.

More from Nicole M Romany.
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00:00Minister Kujo says some of the challenges still faced in Tobago are in road and drainage
00:07infrastructure.
00:08However, she says it's not so much for central government but mainly the responsibility
00:14of the Tobago House of Assembly.
00:17As such, she tells TV6, to properly address those issues, cooperation and collaboration
00:23is required from the THA.
00:26The minister also explains that government worked on the Tobago autonomy legislation
00:32for seven years, but the bill was not supported by the THA.
00:37It's just unfortunate that in the end of it all, we didn't get the support to pass the
00:41legislation.
00:42Of course, the government didn't have enough seats or enough votes to pass the legislation.
00:48The opposition, after following instruction by the Tobago House of Assembly, did not pass
00:54the legislation.
00:56When asked about several complaints from Chief Secretary Farley-Augustin in the past about
01:01the insufficient budget allocation for Tobago, the minister says it's a matter of prioritizing.
01:08Minister Kujo says efforts were made to accommodate the request for an increase, but they were
01:14refused.
01:15Not just that, we put place before the parliament legislation as it relates to increasing the
01:23allocation to 6.8 percent, which would have been an additional $1.5 billion to Tobago.
01:29And the Tobago House of Assembly under the TPP rejected that.
01:34She further stresses that the Sandals Resort is a major opportunity for Tobago's development,
01:45its economy and job creation.
01:47The Tobago West MP tells the Morning Edition she believes it's an option worth exploring and
01:54it's time to prepare for negotiating and seizing the possibilities.
02:00Paul M.
02:01Romany, TV6 News.
02:04The Translator Resort of the Q&A
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