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Christmas cleaning jobs to be allotted fairly - Gov't
Published: Tuesday | December 9, 2008
Shelly-Ann Thompson, Staff Reporter
The Government is adamant that political victimisation will not be tolerated in the administration ofthe annual Christmas clean-up programme.
Hundreds of citizens will be employed in the bushing of overgrown shrubbery and the clearing of walkways across the island that will cost just under $23 million.
Robert Montague, state minister with responsibility for local government reform, said yesterday that all parish council representatives have been warned that sanctions will be laid against those who do not adhere to proper procedural regulation.
"This administration is not tolerating victimisation and we are hoping that councillors wrote their programme reflective of needs in their division," Montague told The Gleaner.
Mismanagement of funds
Throughout the year, special emphasis was placed on leadership, with seminars conducted for councillors in an attempt to erase political nepotism.
Montague has urged citizens to report to the Local Government Department any evidence of mismanagement of funds.
"If they see this waste of public funds, they are to speak out," he said.
The clean-up programme officially begins today and all parish councils were notified of the funds allotted to them yesterday.
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Published: Tuesday | December 9, 2008
Shelly-Ann Thompson, Staff Reporter
The Government is adamant that political victimisation will not be tolerated in the administration ofthe annual Christmas clean-up programme.
Hundreds of citizens will be employed in the bushing of overgrown shrubbery and the clearing of walkways across the island that will cost just under $23 million.
Robert Montague, state minister with responsibility for local government reform, said yesterday that all parish council representatives have been warned that sanctions will be laid against those who do not adhere to proper procedural regulation.
"This administration is not tolerating victimisation and we are hoping that councillors wrote their programme reflective of needs in their division," Montague told The Gleaner.
Mismanagement of funds
Throughout the year, special emphasis was placed on leadership, with seminars conducted for councillors in an attempt to erase political nepotism.
Montague has urged citizens to report to the Local Government Department any evidence of mismanagement of funds.
"If they see this waste of public funds, they are to speak out," he said.
The clean-up programme officially begins today and all parish councils were notified of the funds allotted to them yesterday.
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/glean...ead/lead5.html