RDA CEO Paul D. Bayly dodges questions on $350K Super Salary
The RDA CEO made the revelations on the Tuesday, December 11, 2018, episode of the radio show, while at the same time dodging questions about his full salary, contract and whether full terms and conditions were in place before his commencement of work.
Instead, Mr Bayly said, ‘we have a situation where we had a contract in place.’
Base Salary
“It was communicated to us that the quantum of your contract in terms of your base salary, was $350,000, is that true?” host Skelton-Cline asked.
“No its not, but I don’t think we’re here to discuss my salary,” the RDA boss replied in dodging the question.
Mr Skelton-Cline in asserting the role of a Public Servant responded, “you can appreciate, that you are here as a Public Servant, on the public dollar and the public has a right to know… what the compensation packages are,” he demanded.
The RDA boss in acknowledging the demands said, “that’s understood, but the thing that you must bear in mind when you are doing something like a creation of an RDA, you need to acquire skills and the people who have those skills and experience wherever you can find them.”
“In the case of where we haven’t been able to find the skills here in the BVI, you have to take into account what those people bring,” in terms of what you compensate them, he said.
When questioned about why the veil of secrecy around what a Public Servant is compensated, the RDA boss continued deflecting the question.
40% International Staff
“As you will know… we have a number of international staff on the staff of the BVI, in fact, about 40% of the staff at the RDA are international. But we have a policy and a programme that every international person would have at least one… local people working alongside them,” Mr Bayly said in justifying the percentage.
“Why do we bring in international staff in a good question, what we have here in the BVI is a unique situation, the creation of the RDA is a unique body in itself,” he said.
“But we have an unprecedented situation of large-scale devastation… and we need to rebuild the country back and we are going to be spending a huge amount of money and we need to make sure we have the best people here in the BVI, so we get the best value we can for the money,” he said.
The Agency, the result of a United Kingdom mandated vehicle that was passed into law by the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government, is responsible for the recovery and development of the Territory post hurricanes Irma and Maria.
The CEO, Mr Bayly, according to the Fiji Sun Online News, dated November 17, 2017 became a Permanent Secretary in FIji in February of 2016 but resigned October 2017 citing family commitment.
Clear role?
Mr Bayly has been contracted for the life of the agency which many, both in Government and Opposition, arguing that it is an alternate Government, because the United Kingdom Government does not trust the ruling NDP with the Territory’s finances.
“The RDA’s role is very clear, and that is to implement on behalf of the government of the BVI, the Recovery and Development Plan which has been passed by the House of Assembly (HoA), and that plan has something like three hundred projects in there,” Mr Bayly said.
“So the RDA is a statutory authority, it is a part of government to implement the RDP, our role is to work with the government, specifically the ministries… we are here to do the recovery of the BVI on behalf of the ministries,” he clarified.
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