Acting social security minister Sandra Husbands has called for a revival of community-minded values among Barbadians, warning that the spirit underpinning the island’s social security system is weakening at the grassroots level.

Standing in for labour minister Colin Jordan in an address to the National Insurance and Social Security Service’s (NISSS) 59th anniversary service at the St Matthias Anglican Church, she said:

“When I did some research to see the benefits offered by the National Insurance and Social Security Service, as compared to our Caribbean neighbours and even afar, we offer more benefits than most countries in the world, because we take seriously caring for one another, sharing with each other and this is important.