WSD being a nuisance no reason to make it statutory body — Fraser
The government should not be transforming the Water & Sewerage Department (WSD) to a statutory body simply because it has found it to be a nuisance.
This is according to Third District Representative, Julian Fraser, who was at one time a Minister for Communication and Works with responsibility for that entity.
Fraser was referring to a bill that is currently before the House of Assembly (HOA) to transform the WSD to a statutory body under the Ministry of Transportation, Works and Utilities.
“I just want to say that if it is the intention of the government to get rid of a nuisance, that is not a good reason for doing it,” the veteran legislator warned.
Fraser continued: “If it is the intention of the government to improve the situation that we have before us then it’s a good reason.”
Fraser promised to speak more on the issue when the matter comes up for debate in the HOA.
Previously, another former Minister for Communication & Works, Mark Vanterpool, urged the government to make the entity a statutory body after he suggested the department in its current form was a ‘disaster’.
“[It’s] no fault of the workers, no fault of the people there but in terms of a strategy of what we are going to do there going forward with a utility such as Water & Sewerage, I think we need to come to the place where we can make a serious decision and make Water & Sewerage under a statutory organisation,” Vanterpool said at the time.
Becoming a statutory body would mean the department would now be run by a board and Vanterpool said there are benefits to his proposal.
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It needs to be tacked on to BVIEC and managed under the same board. This is what would happen in a common sense driven country.
Them need to privatize it and get rid of all those drunken incompetents
Because privatization works so well globally? Just look at our ferry costs, jump of 1/3 in electricity costs in one month and insane pump prices. That’s because our fuel import is private AND profit protected; the consumers are in no way protected against price hikes, not even in a crisis.
If we privatize water and sewerage, we’ll end up paying $250 a month for the privilege of pooping.
MARK HELPED MAKE IT A DISASTER………….
YOU 4GOT 2 FLUSH , YO MAMA TAUGHT U BETTER