New­ly ap­point­ed Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion (NCC) chair­man Pe­ter Kan­hai says one of his first pri­or­i­ties will be to as­sess the or­gan­i­sa­tion’s fi­nan­cial po­si­tion with the fis­cal year draw­ing to a close at the end of this month.

Kan­hai, the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress’ (UNC) gen­er­al sec­re­tary, of­fi­cial­ly took up the post yes­ter­day, re­plac­ing Win­ston “Gyp­sy” Pe­ters.

The oth­er board mem­bers are UNC me­dia and com­mu­ni­ca­tions ad­vis­er Ke­van Gibbs, Pan Trin­ba­go pres­i­dent Bev­er­ley Ram­sey-Moore, three-time So­ca Monarch Neil Iw­er George, TU­CO pres­i­dent Ains­ley King, for­mer Chut­ney So­ca Monarch Im­ran Be­har­ry, for­mer UNC San Fer­nan­do East can­di­date John Michael Ali-Bo­cas, at­tor­ney Robert Mitchell and Trinidad and To­ba­go Car­ni­val Bands’ As­so­ci­a­tion pres­i­dent Mark Ayen.