Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard In! Akeem R. Pickering Out! as BVIPA Deputy
Her appointment was approved last week by the Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) led Cabinet after the BVIPA Board of Directors made the recommendations. Mrs Pickering-Maynard takes over from former Acting Deputy, Akeem R. Pickering who served in that post for the past year-and-a-half.
Mr Pickering has since been reverted to his previous post as Operations Manager. There are also reports that he was sent on a short leave with pay over an incident, however, officials are tight-lipped about the matter and whether further actions will be taken.
Mrs Pickering-Maynard holds a BSc in Business and Accounting and a Certificate in Management and before her recent promotion, she served as the Personal Assistant to the Managing Director. As the new Deputy Director, she is expected to act for three months before she is confirmed to the post.
Victim of NDP victimisation
Mrs Pickering-Maynard was among some 15 to 20 public officers between 2011-2019, at all various levels in government, who were forced out, transferred, fired, reassigned, sent on long leave or forced to retire with the full backing and in many cases, the directive of the former National Democratic Party (NDP) Government.
At a community meeting held on January 19, 2012, at the East End/Long Look Community Centre, the former Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Dr. Kedrick D. Pickering told the packed centre that he was the reason why Mrs Pickering-Maynard “was removed from her post as Labour Commissioner and I take full responsibility.”
The former 7th District Representative reported that there were “too many complaints pointing in the direction of the Labour Commissioner Maynard” which prompted him to have her replaced.
Political Fight
In the 2015 General Elections, Mrs Pickering-Maynard challenged Dr Pickering for his 7th District seat with the VIP but was unsuccessful.
In 2019, Dr Pickering lost his seat after 20 years in office to Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) who eventually served as the First Deputy Premier under the new Fahie Administration.
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31 Responses to “Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard In! Akeem R. Pickering Out! as BVIPA Deputy”
Congrats!
Love him or hate him, if we are honest, The esteemed is a excellent choice for speaker. To me the standards have raised, more people turn in, and the House is now respected.
As for the Mark melee I stand with the Speaker Mark is a joke
Ms Maynard better off maybe in a post where she can’t get in trouble, and if you are honest you know what I mean...
Yuh m*dda going go dung too?
Government is supposed to be the product of civic cooperation and collaboration but the animating force is conflict and division, for without division there would be no need for politics. Politics is war without bloodshed, a means of resolving conflict without recourse to violence.
Moreover, thus, it should be no surprise that the ruling party is staffing government with supporters. This government is doing it and the next government will do it; only voters can change this behaviour. But which voter(s) is willing to demand change. We all wallow in self interest. For us, every decision is a transaction; transformation is the province of others.
Where were the haters when funny man and Tt minister hired a st Lucian?