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The President of the T&T Scrap Iron Dealers Association alleges to have been offered 5 million US dollars by foreigners for his scrap yard.

The claim was made at a Press Conference, where several entities stood in solidarity with TTSIDA, calling on the government to take action that will see the scrap metal industry get back on its feet.

Alicia Boucher has more in this report.
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00:00president of the t t scrap iron dealers association alan ferguson says his goal is to work with the
00:06government to restore the scrap metal industry to a point where it is running efficiently
00:11he claims that there is an international entity that has started taking over the local scrap
00:16industry we had more than a hundred and something and most of them was our members and today
00:29the day
00:32they started to take over
00:39let me explain to you they will have 25. you listen to me they will have 25.
00:45they are not going to eliminate the foreigners
00:51ferguson claims that the foreigners were also seeking to run his scrapyard
00:55i am not alive
00:59they came to me with five million dollars
01:07and i said no
01:09ttcda maintains that the new legislation amid only partial implementation
01:14is causing a lot of bureaucracy resulting in extended time spans to do business
01:19as a result according to ferguson businesses continue to close placing more people on the breadline
01:26he states that a meeting three months ago with the trade minister has not yielded any results as yet
01:32supporters of ttcda also cite the importance of the scrap metal industry to the environment
01:38by way of reducing landfill waste and litter president of the united farmers union shiraz
01:43can questions why people who are economically vulnerable are placed in situations where their
01:48needs like having a job become a struggle according to him it's not a fight about money
01:55what she is we are begging and fighting for equity what you know what happened
02:01the indian man against the indian man somebody has brought him to the bank full
02:09so brothers and sisters i book the university
02:11promote that we are fighting for for being money we are fighting for equity social justice for all
02:17seventh day adventist pastor clive dotten says there are people in the industry who are left
02:23wanting basic needs from day to day i believe there are people at a certain level in the society
02:31do not wish local very local people and street people to succeed and run any business at all
02:40especially this entire business that's it my conviction that's my strong strong conviction
02:45and i want to tell mrs camber for some pieces do not repeat the mistakes of the former government
02:52pastor dotten calls on the government to give comprehensive support for the scrap iron dealers
02:57association and also to work to accelerate the reopening of petrotrin other entities such as the
03:04oil fields workers trade union the movement for social justice and the network of ngos for the
03:09advancement of women are among those who are in solidarity with ttcda
03:15alicia boucher tv6 news
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