‘We have to stop treating people like they are less than us’- Hon Turnbull
The new Minister of Government was at the time lending his voice to the Business Licensing Act, 2020, during the continuation of the 3rd Sitting of the 4th Session of the 4th House of Assembly at Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff’s Bottom, Tortola on Thursday, June 16, 2022.
“We cannot stifle our people, Madam Speaker, to be held hostage by different areas of development and systems and departments within government that are not successful… Speaker.”
Hon Turnbull then lamented the inconvenience persons experience as a result of poor customer service in the public service system.
“We have to stop treating people like they are less than us, Madam Speaker. This deals with employers, this deals with employees, it deals with those of us who are in customer service in this public service.
He also highlighted the issue where work permit holders have been unable to renew their work permits in a timely manner due to delays in the public service; however, the work permit holders have to pay for regular extensions to remain in the VI, while others have allegedly been asked to exit the territory.
‘We are not doing people favours’
“Madam Speaker, we have a job to serve our customers, we are not doing people favours, we are doing them a service, and when we get back to that understanding, that we cannot hold up, whether employers or whomever, Madam Speaker, hold up an employee’s life by not doing the things that we are supposed to do.”
Hon Turnbull added that some of the persons asked to leave the territory have been in the territory for over 20 years.
“They don’t know no other place but the BVI as their home.
“So, Madam Speaker, I am saying this because this area the Premier has given me responsibility for. Over the last three and a half weeks, we have started work, this Government of National Unity has started work to try to fix some of these ills because while we are passing new legislation and while we are bringing new ideas, Madam Speaker, we can’t do new things and the old systems haven’t changed,” Hon Turnbull stated.
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11 Responses to “‘We have to stop treating people like they are less than us’- Hon Turnbull”
You reminded me of a former BVIPA Operations manager that said, after approximately fifteen years in that position, "I am going to start to do what I was appointed to do", after been threatened that the position held will be given to another.
Since when employees are greater than their employer, in reference to a job that they have been employed to do, politically speaking? Oh oh, it it only since you got a ministerial position in the the current Governor's forced together so-called unity government, and the pressure are being screwing tighter on the the so-called unity government, Only now? Most of the people don't believe you, included me. Neither do we have confidence in the other ministers of the new put together ununified pretentious unity government.
You and the other ministers have better concentrate on fulfilling the the CoI recommdations accurately, and on schedule, or else the current ministers will be changed to former Ministers sooner than all you think.
I’m a BVIslander and is ashamed to hear the horror stories coming out of that Department.
Immigration drop the ball , many expat leave because of the month to month time that was given each time it’s 25$. Most not returning. Another area is the amount of money owed to most of those expat whose boss had a hand in them leaving. They could not pay their rent or buy food but was working each day eating cornflakes. God will reward them ten fold from what the Fowler took, and decrease the boss tenfold for his ruthless behavior.