NCC set for $23m funding boost ahead of Carnival 2027

The Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion (NCC) is pro­ject­ed to re­ceive an ad­di­tion­al $23 mil­lion in Gov­ern­ment fund­ing for fis­cal 2027, in­creas­ing its pro­posed sub­ven­tion to $160.2 mil­lion as prepa­ra­tions be­gin for Car­ni­val 2027.

The pro­posed al­lo­ca­tion of $160,192,100 rep­re­sents an in­crease of $23,019,000, or ap­prox­i­mate­ly 16.8 per cent, com­pared with the $137.2 mil­lion ap­proved in both the orig­i­nal and re­vised es­ti­mates for fis­cal 2026.

Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans’ Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO) pres­i­dent Ains­ley King yes­ter­day wel­comed the pro­posed in­crease, ex­press­ing hope that the ad­di­tion­al fund­ing will sup­port a suc­cess­ful Car­ni­val sea­son while ben­e­fit­ing the wider cul­tur­al sec­tor.