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Akash Sama­roo

For­mer Pub­lic Util­i­ties min­is­ter Mar­vin Gon­za­les has ac­cused the Gov­ern­ment of em­bark­ing on a hir­ing spree at the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) dur­ing its first sev­en months in of­fice, claim­ing the move has in­flat­ed the au­thor­i­ty’s an­nu­al wage bill by an es­ti­mat­ed $60 to $70 mil­lion.

How­ev­er, cur­rent Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath has re­ject­ed Gon­za­les’ as­ser­tions, con­tend­ing that the in­for­ma­tion pre­sent­ed is de­void of prop­er con­text and mis­rep­re­sents the cir­cum­stances at WASA.