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'Nobody wants to go to Social Development' for assistance– Hon Vincent O. Wheatley
The Minister was at the time a guest on the Monday, September 18, 2023, edition of ‘Da Morning Braff’ radio show alongside co-host Floyd P. Burnett aka Heritage and Rosemary Cindy Rosan when he noted that the CoI has changed a lot how government operates, particularly as it related to persons accessing funding.
Gary R. Hickenbottom came to verify reports - Hon Wheatley
“When [Gary] Hickenbottom came here, he didn't come here to discover things, you know, he already had a report what people send to him. What he came to do was to verify these things,” Hon Wheatley said.
He said, for example, persons called for district fund allocations to be taken away from district representatives over various issues.
“Yet when it's removed, every person still going to who? The elected representative… The same person who you say take it from, you still coming back… well the money isn't there, it’s at Social Development,” he said.
He added that since the change, nobody wants to go to the Social Development Board for funding for various reasons, while warning that people must be careful about what they ask for.
Accountability now weaponised - Dr Wheatley
“And then a lot of the public officers…I use the word, they've kind of weaponised accountability to the point where we have excellent accountability, excellent transparency, excellent governance, but no real help,” he said.
Tola radio VI host Mr Burnett added that for example, there are a lot of mothers reaching out to him for help, over not being able to access help.
“The system down to if [you] have a scratch on your fingernail, it’s now accounted for... But like you say, access to any level of funding that could really help, it becomes discouraging because Social Development [want] to wring me out and need to know what inside me look like to give me $2.00,” he said.
Hon Wheatley said in some cases, seniors who really need funding and help are not getting it for various reasons, “it really pains my heart,” the Minister said.
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Africans are taken charge of their destiny….but our people are wimps and our government officials are euros puppets!
The most inefficient and ineffective arm of our society is any and I mean ANY government department!
Perhaps create a detailed register where only a select committee or the Attorney General can have access to actual names of aid recipients and purpose of said aid and quantity. Ensuring accountability but reserving some privacy for aid recipients.
Breach of trust charges coming to those elected politicians who gave away taxpayer's money for the last 40 years.
Politicians (all of them) use this money to buy votes around elections. Watch these boys deliver the checks by hand. This is all so WRONG.
We need to start over on this process. Get all these Politicians out of the loop. It has just become a giant cookie jar to buy votes and stay in power.
There are some real people that need help. We need to fix this!
Time we to get all that paperwork
We decided to just work hand to mouth !
Good governance all around but how about protecting the will of the people isnt there a bill titled cannabis act 2020 sitting in limbo to no ones benefit?