A senior opposition figure has accused government of outright withholding key financial information, arguing that unanswered questions about major public projects and spending have become too frequent to ignore.

Senator Ryan Walters, the shadow minister of finance in the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) launched a broad attack on what he described as an embedded culture of secrecy, evasion, and disregard for public accountability.

In the latest development that has attracted the opposition’s criticism, the Central Bank Governor Dr Kevin Greenidge, refused to disclose the total cost of the BiMPay instant payment platform. But in a statement — published before the Governor made a public apology and stated that “the cost of BiMPay to date for phase one; the entire payment infrastructure, not just the app, is approximately $6.7 million, against an approved budget of $10 million” — Senator Walters said the controversy surrounding BiMPay is not an isolated incident, but the latest example of a long-standing pattern in which public officials treat legitimate media and political scrutiny as irritants.