Hon Fahie knocks Premier Smith on funding delays for WE Police Station
And he took a swipe at Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith saying that the Government lagged in providing the necessary funds to get the works started and completed.
He was speaking at the ceremony to mark the opening of the refurbished West End Police Station on Friday October 30, 2015.
“Despite the end cost is double the original stated cost of the project of which I know would be fully explained and justified, thanks to the Ministry of Finance which overlooked the project,” he said.
The works cost $318,000 and were completed over a period of nine months, from January to September 2015. However, this stands in stark contrast to what the Premier had said while answering questions in the House of Assembly on November 10, 2014. He said then that the works were expected to cost $165,380.
A safe environment
Honourable Fahie insisted that the community must continue to work with the Police who in turn must work with the community as it goes hand in glove. “The Police now have a safe environment to work in and we are all pleased.”
High priority
The First District Representative said funding for the Police and other law enforcement agencies must be a high priority at all times, just like health and education.
“Our economy depends heavily on our country remaining a safe and productive environment. I heavily encourage the Premier to ensure that law enforcement agencies do not have to wait so long in the future for the funding to do their jobs adequately,” he said.
He said contrary to what some are saying, the record will show that over the years many repairs were done to the West End Police Station periodically by past governments.
“Nonetheless, it was still my pleasure to lobby continuously on the Opposition on behalf of the people of the First District to have Government address the major problem that existed with the building at that particular time,” he said.
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