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Hiring of Contractor General on cards for next budget- Premier

The Contractor General is primarily responsible for monitoring and where necessary, investigating the award of contracts with a view to ensuring that they are awarded impartially and without impropriety or irregularity and are implemented as specified in the award; and reporting the findings of any such investigation to the House of Assembly. Photo: waypointci.com
Premier Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) said his coalition government has intentions of hiring a Contractor General. Photo: VINO
Premier Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) said his coalition government has intentions of hiring a Contractor General. Photo: VINO
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With the National Unity Government stating it is committed to good governance, it was asked whether it is seeking to hire a Contractor General.

The Contractor General is primarily responsible for monitoring and where necessary, investigating the award of contracts with a view to ensuring that they are awarded impartially and without impropriety or irregularity and are implemented as specified in the award; and reporting the findings of any such investigation to the House of Assembly.

The Contractor General Act 2021 was passed in the House of Assembly in June 2021.

Next budget!

“All of those things we have to actually plan out for our next budget so let me get back to you on that but we also have not just the Contractor General but we have legislations that have to do with Whistleblower Act.

“Of course, we had the Integrity Commission, a number of things which we recently legislated, and we want to show individuals and we want to show our community, and we want to show the United Kingdom, and the international community that we are not just passing legislation that we don’t have any plans to implement,” Premier Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) stated during a press conference on May 27, 2022.

The responsibilities of Contractor General include working closely with the Procurement Office, other Government Departments and Statutory Agencies to be aware of any award and, where applicable, the variation of any public contract by the public body responsible for such contract.

14 Responses to “Hiring of Contractor General on cards for next budget- Premier”

  • WHY? (29/05/2022, 13:54) Like (29) Dislike (4) Reply
    The UK will be auditing all contracts so why create an unnecessary position to waste more of the tax payers money? You guys in the HOA should be spending your time winding up your affairs because your political lives will be dead soon.
  • Really? (29/05/2022, 14:20) Like (23) Dislike (5) Reply
    Should we not be shrinking the govt payroll? This is another salary, another pension obligation; another govt vehicle to buy & maintain. We are moving in the wring direction here.
    • @Really? (29/05/2022, 21:36) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply
      It would be very interesting indeed. They probably have someone in mind for the job
  • Oh bou (29/05/2022, 14:50) Like (11) Dislike (2) Reply
    So no one in the ministry of finance is suitable? They are the drew's successors. They are continuing the nonsense he started. O-U-T....go away!!
  • unemployment agency (29/05/2022, 14:52) Like (1) Dislike (11) Reply
    Give that position to the former speaker
  • Government Official 1 (29/05/2022, 16:38) Like (0) Dislike (9) Reply
    Claude for the job.
  • WOW (29/05/2022, 17:54) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
    Another palm to grease.
  • Stop wasting resources. (29/05/2022, 21:37) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
    This is a waste of a position, not needed.
  • WHY? (30/05/2022, 07:47) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    I can see an inspector general perhaps (to sign off on work), but this?
  • confused (30/05/2022, 08:36) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    I think some clarification is needed on this article. The following link is advertises the Contractor General Post. As far as I am aware, no post can be advertised if the "Premier" did not fund the post which would then following HR's assistance allow for the post to be advertised. So has the hiring of the Contractor General been put on hold?
  • resident (30/05/2022, 10:16) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Too little too late, the gravy train is over guys
  • Rubber Duck (30/05/2022, 12:51) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Wow, what a job. A license to print money.
  • Stupid Decision (30/05/2022, 12:57) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    It was a stupid piece of legislation to begin with in the first place. Probably a job intended for a crony and Sowande just following through on Andrew's BS. Save the money, put internal audit to work.


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