‘$3m rent for OJT container’

The former People’s National Movement (PNM) administration spent $3 million on rent for a 20-foot container to store application forms for the On-the-Job Training (OJT) Programme, Public Utilities Minister Barry Padarath has said.

He made the disclosure during yesterday’s sitting of Parliament’s Standing Finance Committee (SFC), where he was questioned about a $275 million allocation for the OJT programme, which currently accommodates just over 4,000 trainees.

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The Ministry of Public Utilities was allocated $3.6 billion which was examined by the SFC.