Prime Minister Andrew Holness is dismissing as baseless, criticism of his New Social Housing Programme, NSHP, as a duplication of already existing government facilities.
He’s responding to a report tabled by Auditor General Pamela Munroe Ellis, which called into question several of the country’s social benefits schemes.
But Mr. Holness says each of these programmes has a distinct identity.
Chevon Campbell tells us more.
Unfair and baseless! That’s how Prime Minister Holness has categorised the auditor general’s criticism of the New Social Housing Programme.
As part of her performance audit, Mrs. Munroe Ellis found that the various social programmes had similar objectives and overlapping functions with little or no coordination.
By way of example, the auditor general noted that the Poor Relief Programme, the Social Housing Programme, the New Social Housing Programme and the Constituency Development Fund all provided, to some extent, similar benefits.
However, Mr. Holness is calling into question her conclusion.
But, Prime Minister Holness acknowledged the need for better management systems in governance to ensure proper distribution of resources.
He says the government took this into consideration when developing the National Identification System.
