PNM KEEPING TOBAGO DOWN

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Finance Secretary Petal-Ann Roberts said the Tobago People's Party (TPP) inherited a liability of eight hundred million dollars when the party assumed office in December of 2021, from the pnm. Mrs. Roberts spoke at  a TPP political in Mason Hall on Wednesday night. More in this Elizabeth Williams report.

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00:00We have received or inherited the largest liability ever in the history of the Tobago House of Assembly.

00:08So when we talk about $2 billion and why they're not managing and why we can't do this on that,

00:15I'll disaggregate to you and explain to you why it is so difficult for us to do the things

00:22and treat with the socioeconomic needs of Tobago unions.

00:26The finance secretary said she had her figures to back up her statement.

00:31Now I'll tell you this.

00:35We inherited 800, and this is faxing, and I have figures to back it up.

00:42$800 million in liabilities.

00:47Of that $200 million represented recurrent expenditure.

00:51That means we owed gratuity, we owed security, we owed for catering, we owed for contracted services,

01:00we owed for all the utilities.

01:03That is what we inherited in December 2021.

01:07She stated there was also a liability inherited from the PNM administration

01:13to the tune of $600 million in emergency roadworks done just before the 2021 THA elections.

01:22We also inherited $600 million in contractors that did a lot of paving and emergency works

01:32just before the elections.

01:36And I'll tell you something, the development budget of Tobago in that year was $264.1 million.

01:46She said the PNM aims to keep the progress of Tobago down.

01:50Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.

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