Cummings: Vital youth programmes being dismantled
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August 5, 2025
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Former Youth Development Minister Foster Cummings has accused the Government of recklessly dismantling critical youth initiatives, from military-led training programmes to agricultural development schemes, leaving vulnerable young people without opportunities and staff without jobs.
Cummings said that months after the April 28 general election, the Government has failed to restart or give clear direction on programmes such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Military-Led Academic Training Programme (MiLAT), and the Military Led Youth Programme of Apprenticeship and Reorientation Training (MYPART), despite participants already being interviewed and selected.
He rejected claims that the former People’s National Movement (PNM) administration intended to shut them down.
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