Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller this afternoon revealed that two years ago, she gave instructions for measures to be explored on how best her government could rescue the loss making Outameni tourist attraction.
The Prime Minister also told the House of Representatives this afternoon that a company owned by businessman Lennie Little White has done political work for the governing PNP.
The purchase of the Little White’s Outameni property by the National Housing Trust has dogged the Simpson Miller administration over the past five weeks.
For weeks, Prime Minister Simpson Miller has remained silent on whether she was aware of efforts to save the Outameni tourist attraction before October 30 this year.
That was the date she said she first became aware, through the media, of the NHT’s purchase of the property.
Today she told MPs that she gave directions in March 2012 to explore ways to save Outameni.
But Mrs. Simpson Miller says she gave the directions to the Ministry of Tourism and not to the National Housing Trust.
The Prime Minister said she got no reply from Dr. McNeil.
She says she subsequently learnt of the sale of Outameni through the media.
Mrs. Simpson Miller told the House that she asked Dr. McNeill to consider assisting with Outameni, after she was approached by prominent nutritionist the late Dr. Heather Little White, the sister of Lennie.
Mrs. Simpson Miller also told the House that Lennie Little White has done political work for the PNP.
And Mrs. Simpson Miller told the House today that the NHT has spent over 2-hundred-and-8-million dollars to purchase the Outameni property, including buildings.
Portia Simpson Miller.
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