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Rural Development and Local Government Minister Khadijah Ameen is accusing the People’s National Movement (PNM) of seeking to defend alleged corruption and criminality that the government is trying to root out of the Unemployment Relief Programme (URP).
On Wednesday, the government issued 400 termination letters to monthly-paid URP employees, leaving 700 workers on its payroll.
Defending the move, Ameen said, “The initial audit reports from the URP indicate not only a proliferation of ghost gangs, but also ghost employees, monthly-paid officers within various offices, even the head office, and the criminal element owning gangs, receiving thousands of dollars every fortnight. That is a serious concern.”
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