NEW Tobago West MP Joel Sampson says the demand for resources are higher in Tobago than Trinidad. However, he sees hope for the island amid a $621 million allocation to government ministries for spending in Tobago on top of the $134 million to the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), which includes $32 million in supplementary expenditure and a $102 million Development Bank of Latin America loan for coastal projects.

He was speaking on June 23 in the Mid-Year Review in the fourth sitting of the House of Representatives, Parliament, Port of Spain.

He said the mandate by the Finance minister that all ministries spending money on Tobago projects must liaise directly with the THA is a “monumental” step towards autonomy.