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Min­is­ter of Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment, Michelle Ben­jamin, has ex­pressed full sup­port for the Gov­ern­ment’s de­ci­sion to re­as­sign the Na­tion­al Com­mis­sion for Self Help Lim­it­ed (NC­SHL) to the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter.

The move, con­firmed in Gazette No. 146 of 2025, places the Com­mis­sion un­der di­rect over­sight at the high­est lev­el of Gov­ern­ment. Min­is­ter Ben­jamin said the change was in the best in­ter­est of the pub­lic and would en­sure stronger ac­count­abil­i­ty and ef­fi­cien­cy in de­liv­er­ing com­mu­ni­ty sup­port.

The Min­istry dis­closed that the Com­mis­sion is fac­ing sev­er­al se­ri­ous chal­lenges, in­clud­ing a fi­nan­cial deficit, con­trac­tor ar­rears, and lead­er­ship in­sta­bil­i­ty. The NC­SHL has out­stand­ing li­a­bil­i­ties of $19.45 mil­lion against avail­able cash and ex­pect­ed re­leas­es of $8.62 mil­lion, re­sult­ing in a short­fall of $10.8 mil­lion.