Gov’t depts on VG abandoned & forgotten; WSD a good example!
Virgin Gorda for example, still do not have a bank after some five months plus despite many promises from the National Democratic Party (NDP1) regime.
Many of the Government Departments not housed at the Virgin Gorda Administration Complex (Vanterpool Building) are in disarray. Even the building located in Valley is mould infected and not fully repaired after being devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria of 2017.
Workers are forced to work half day & complain of sickness caused from mould build-up, further, some government employees must work from the balcony while others under a tree. However, both workers and residents say the NDP 1 Government cares very little about the situation.
WSD at Handsome Bay a Disgrace
One such area on Virgin Gorda that is a shame, is the Virgin Gorda Water and Sewerage Department (WSD) outpost in Handsome Bay. Even before Hurricanes Irma and Maria there was a makeshift container that housed the workers.
Following the storms, the container was destroyed and the WSD employees were left out in the elements. They were able to get someone to donate plywood to build a makeshift shack, however, there is no restroom, kitchen, proper work stations and the plywood station is not conducive even for animals.
In addition, the WDS outpost at Handsome Bay on Virgin Gorda (VG) is in disarray with no proper tools to work with. It is reported by staff, that there is only one working vehicle with the others down.
This means that water meters cannot be read on time, broken pipes cannot be attended to and other routine duties cannot be facilitated. They do not have a backhoe and the previous one has been out of commission for years.
Not Even Fit for Animals
Therefore, the department is required to spend thousands of dollars on backhoe services. The same worker told our newsroom “things at the outpost are really really bad... no one cares about us.”
Another worker speaking to our news centre on condition of anonymity stated that the conditions are bad and they have not seen the Minister [Mark H. Vanterpool] since 2011 nor the Director since 2018.
Director of the Water and Sewerage Department, Mrs Perline Scatliffe-Leonard could not be reached as of press time, we were told that she “was on vacation leave.”
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15 Responses to “Gov’t depts on VG abandoned & forgotten; WSD a good example! ”
Is Government responsible for the decision made by Firstbank, CIBC First Caribbean bank, banco popular and scotia bank closes their doors for not having branches on VG. When First bank and first caribbean closed their doors the VIP was the goverment of the did anyone blame them.
Government have departments and a director appointed to run departments. So if the director do not know how to run a department then it is the respinsiblity of the minister to get rid of them.
The way the public servants behave on government jobs when given a task 70% of them do not care how they perform their duties they behave in a manner that I here for just a pay check. How come the private sectors do not have these issues with job performance? Reason each employee is mandated to carry out their task because they now that each year their is a evalution.
If government start to evaluate their employees from the head down we might get better perfomance with duties.
The minister of communication and works appointed her to run that department. She did a good job on tortola i guess VG was forgotten