We have turned into team of professional beggars - Hon Myron V. Walwyn
Honourable Myron V. Walwyn (AL), Minister for Education and Culture, admitted to the students during the Recovery and Development Plan competition on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at the New Testament Church of God International Worship Centre in Baughers Bay, Tortola, that they will have to repay the loans that the government receives for the recovery efforts.
He said, "The decisions that we are making now, whatever loans we might get to help with the recovery, we are getting old and y'all got to pay it back. So, I want you to have a say in it and do well in school so that you can pay back that money when the time comes."
The minister also stated that he wanted the voice of the young people to be heard because often times the lawmakers state that they are developing the country with the children in mind, so it was important to have the competition.
"We were deliberate in what we are doing. We want to ensure that you have a say in the recovery and development efforts that are being undertaken now," said Hon Walwyn.
"We have turned into a team of professional beggars"
Meanwhile, Hon Walwyn stated that his education team has turned into "professional beggars" because when they were seeking the prize money for the competition they begged so well that they received more than expected within just two days.
"Because of what happened in the territory, a lot of organisations have come forward to assist us with the recovery efforts in education and my ministry, we have turned into a team of professional beggers, we beg well and when we ask we get a lot," admitted the minister.
He said he told his team that he wanted to put on a Recovery and Development Plan competition and selected some persons to ask for donations, adding that within two days they received $8,000, so he decided to increase the amount to have a second place winner.
The Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) won the competition and received $10,000 while the Bregado Flax Educational Centre Secondary Division ( BFEC) was awarded $5,000 for second place.
The money will go towards a meaningful project that each school decides to undertake.
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33 Responses to “We have turned into team of professional beggars - Hon Myron V. Walwyn”
If our coffers were not being raided by our politicians and the like, we wouldn't have to borrow and put our children and grandchildren in debt.
This idiot voted for those loans. He voted for the construction of his small wall around the schools. He also voted for the airport expansion, the quoted price of which continues to be increased, and now he's here pretending to be concerned for what those very same expenditures will cost the youth.
Didn't he already tell us that he could no longer protect the people? Yet he's asking those same people to vote for him. Walwyn is nothing but a two timing fr++++who should not even be running for elected office.
Should I go in.....