Despite denials, Fahie knew about VINPP concerns, COI finds
The Commission of Inquiry (COI) report has concluded that former Premier Andrew Fahie ‘clearly knew’ about criticisms that were levelled against the Virgin Islands Neighbourhood Partnership Project (VINPP), despite his denials.
The project which was largely run from abroad by former government consultant Claude Skelton Cline over a decade ago, was typified by poor oversight and found by auditors to have offered little, if anything in the way of value for money.
Beset by challenges from its inception in 2008, the project ultimately petered out even as the former consultant was paid some $571,800 of public money by the time it was aborted in 2010 over concerns that were raised by legislators.
The Auditor General’s report noted that the education ministry was unable to present any verifiable details of achievements in the consultant’s first contract or provide any explanation as to the need for an additional contract after the first had concluded.
In his evidence before the commission, Skelton Cline repeatedly called the report incomplete but admitted at the same time that he had never read a copy of the document.
Centers that operated under the project were found to be inadequately resourced and participants dropped out at an escalating rate.
For his part, the former Premier told the COI that the Auditor General’s report was never published until 2021.
The Commission said there were several press reports that Fahie should have known about after the project’s completion.
But Fahie attempted to put some distance between himself and the project by suggesting that the late former Premier Ralph O’Neal had oversight of the project.
The only involvement Fahie ever admitted, the report said, was that he publicised the project to the churches and attended one or two meetings for that purpose and as the minister nominally responsible for the project, he answered questions in the HOA in relation to concerns that were raised.
Fahie told the Commission that he only became aware of concerns and hostile political scrutiny surrounding the project around mid-2010 which prompted him to direct his Permanent Secretary to request reports from Skelton Cline. These reports never materialised, Fahie said.
Other than the lack of reports, he told the Commission he was unaware of any substantive concerns related to that project.
According to the former Premier, the project in his view, was a good one.
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Make him pay it back… Simple… we ain get no value for money the second time either… Is them so wha want to be in the road bout them protesting.
….and the 40 thieves.
Who all knew that Clines contracts were fr**dulent , and at best, said or did nothing.
Please send the man in the middle of the above pic off to a 15 year … please. He more than deserve. We should all be paid according to our work and deeds.
Man ayo leave Ralph rest in peace no man!
Blame Fahie for this.
This man is not a man of God he is a vampiros a warlock sucking the blood of the inocente robing the poor such a crook dress like a sheep but is a Wolfe.
“I lost all the documents during the hurricane”
It is a close call, who will be locked up next, CSC or Govt Official 1
If you had incriminating evidence against a major politician maybe you would be given lucrative do nothing contracts too.
Or maybe a seat on the boards and plots of land.
CSC give back the Money! You didnot and haven’t been fruitful on these CONSULTANTS to date. God don’t sleep! You reaped where you didn’t sow.
This all is interesting, but already tells us what we all suspected. The real issue at hand is the ineptitude and failure to deliver does not constitute a crime. What is so very frustrating for me is they’re all getting away with it. Bad press and public disdain means nothing to these guys. They have our money and they escape with barely a slap on the wrist.
We (the public) want our damn money back and these willful decievers to serve well deserved time in jail.
Sadly I fear neither will happen!
The BVI could bring a Civil Case against CSK for breach of contract and seek compensation and damages.
BOI U THINK U COULD OUTSMART EVERYBODY WITH YOUR CHEAP FAKE SMILE , BUT U STILL FORGOT ONE THING YOU CANNOT FOOL GOD , WHOM U SWEAR TO PRACTICE WHAT U PREACH ,OR HIS PREACHINGS ( HE THAT KNOWETH HIS WILL AND PRACTICE IT NOT WILL BE BEATEN ( A GOOD BULLPISSLE ) WILL DO
This man is a fr**d fire ? burn
That man is no good his mouth like prope corn. His mouth can save him. He is a sn**e under grass
Drain the swamp!
Too many politrickians masquerading as politicians. For far too long.
Too many wolves in priests’ clothing.
Too much deception, corruption, lack of transparency, lack of
accountability, downright thievery. Too many nipple suckers sponging off taxpayers’ backs as they suck up on the elected
officials to line their pockets. Too much nepotism, cronyism. Too many underhand deals and paybacks. And still all you want to keep this set of yes-men and women who went along with the Pied Piper?
All you must be joking.
Drain the swamp and get rid of all the crocodiles and alligators as well as the snakes LYING in the grass. Enough is enough.
This man is a disgrace to the human recetas
No surprise here. We all knew that already. Now is the time for UK TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS.A cesspool of corruption that has been in central government for decades.The problems have festered and government after government either enabled and/or willfully turned a blind eye to the maladies. False preacher leading blind people in that assembly.Jail time or fetch our tax money you thief. This whole lot( so called unity government) need to have several seats. Be gone.
I mean how could you be hired to do a job but can’t remember the name of your own company as was brought out by the COI?
Why was money sent abroad for a local job.
Somebody got to either repay monies allotted to them or serve time for thievery.
Mr. Cline & mr. Fahie have bamboozled the people of this country far too long and seemingly with impunity. Both should be serving **** for this.
AM APPLYING FOR THE JOB / IT WILL BE A PLEASURE TO SERVE THEE WITH THE BULLPISSLE TO CLEANSE YOU OF YOUR SINS ,OH THOU HOLY ONE ( OH HOW ABOUT THE OTHER TWO FROM CGB ?
Pizza man need to pay back all the money he allegedly stole or go to jail
CSC: The report is incomplete.
Also CSC: I never read the report.
Foy: Requested reports after concerns were raised… never got them.
Also foy: The project in his view was a good one.
I swear you cant make this stuff up. lmao!
HI$$ HI$$, ME Nar Pay A Dime And Me Nar Go Jail.
And you want the society to lead a match against UK rule as a result of the COI findings
Shame ! Shame !
Take over ! Invasion ! Freedom ! March
Key words because all ah dem
On the gravy train
Seize all of Cline’s assets. Cr***nal proceeds
This is another reason why I can’t support any Premier appointed out of the VIP and NDP. Both parties are trash. I don’t want to see them or hear them. All members or people they themselves say they vetted for office need to be thoroughly probed
this man ran from USA when his name was linked to fr**d or something of that nature in American.
I can remember it like it was yesterday. He spoke at a back to school service and then the VIP government awarded this man 300k to start the same program mentioned above.
All the time i been saying this every time this man made an article on news.
Many of you hated my comment, and said leave the Man of God. Look now!
I assume maybe he had a backlog bill in USA thus the reason he away working and collecting.
Which makes me think now.
REMEMBER FEW MONTHS BACK VIP GOV. WAS TRYING TO GET A LOCAL RAPIST TO COME BACK HERE.
WHAT’S THE OUT COME OF THAT. DID THEY EVERY PERMIT THIS RAPIST IN THE TERRITORY
This character also allegedly took 30,000 from the roof man down pass prospect reef when he was Port boss. The company that got the job todo the roofing for the buildings at the Pier. This is typical when you do business in the HERE, overbid then company cash out and bring their share in a brown paper bag. Lock this guy up and I mean like today his lastname should be crime not *****. Another person using and making a mockery of GOD***.
Fr**d skeleton crime
Yet they were still handing him contracts for years after. Set of cr**ks. Listen I’ll give you a 500k contract and you give me 100k cut for myself. That’s how these cr**ks work. While we’re at it let’s look into these road contracts for paving the same roads every year. Somebody ensuring they have a job every year by doing bad jobs that don’t last and somebody in there keep giving these jokers contracts and taking a cut.
Stealing from BVI youth instead of building them a future.