The Government has announced plans to train mediators at the Administrator General’s Department to help Jamaicans access billions of dollars in cash and real estate left behind by relatives who died without making a will.

Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Delroy Chuck, who made the announcement on Wednesday, also appealed to Jamaicans to “stop di foolishness” and start practicing estate planning.

“It is very important that we emphasise how important it is for every Jamaican to think about estate planning and making a will and stop di foolishness about it gives a bad omen,” Chuck said in Parliament during his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives.