Car­ni­val stake­hold­ers have ex­pressed con­cern over an al­leged Cab­i­net note in­volv­ing the Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion (NCC), say­ing they were not prop­er­ly con­sult­ed on a key move af­fect­ing the man­age­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s Car­ni­val.

A March 2026 Cab­i­net minute is said to pro­pose re­peal­ing the NCC Act and dis­solv­ing the com­mis­sion, re­plac­ing it with a Na­tion­al Fes­ti­vals Com­mis­sion of Trinidad and To­ba­go (NFCTT).

The new en­ti­ty is ex­pect­ed to take on a broad­er man­date, in­clud­ing the gov­er­nance, de­vel­op­ment, pro­mo­tion and com­mer­cial­i­sa­tion of na­tion­al fes­ti­vals, as well as the man­age­ment of in­tel­lec­tu­al prop­er­ty tied to Trinidad and To­ba­go’s cul­tur­al prod­ucts.