St. George’s, Grenada November 25th, 2011: Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition, Dr. The Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell is calling on the Government to meet its responsibility to pay all road workers who have worked in the Government's Debushing Programme but are yet to receive payments.

According to Dr. Mitchell, the NDC administration continues to demonstrate its lack of care and concern for the most vulnerable sectors of our society. 

He pointed to the decision of the government to cut the pay of the said workers by 100 dollars per fortnight, while at the same time increasing the number of working hours and the amount of work per day.  The Government has also cut by over 50% the number of persons benefiting from the programme resulting in hundreds of Grenadians not being able to finds any form of employment since the last general elections.

Rather than correct the injustice against this category of workers the Government continues to do all it can to add more pressure on them by refusing to pay on time those who have received part time employment through the programme.

He said some workers have been visiting his office out of desperation explaining that they have not been paid for more than one month since completing the contract.

The Opposition Leader says what is most unfortunate about this situation is that the NDC continues to find millions of dollars to facilitate the travel of Government Ministers on joy rides all over the world; and the payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly to persons who are hired on the basis of friendship and political support.