D. Webster Cassell
Assistant
Ministers at the Ministry of Youth and Sports have complained of
marginalization by Minister Cllr. Wheatonia Dixon-Barnes.
Speaking to this paper yesterday, the MYS Assist. Minister for
Sports, Mr. Richard T. Wleh, Sr. said, due to this situation, their
respective capacities to function in such stead have been
undermined.
On behalf of his colleagues, Mr. Wleh said they are all qualified
individuals with requisite credentials and have the technical
know-how for the job, yet for no reason, have been abandoned by
their boss.
Minister Cllr. Wheatonia Dixon-Barnes
“Just imagine, we are Assistant Ministers but have been treated
like children, only because the Minister wants to function in all
the areas,” Mr. Wleh iterated.
Mr. Wleh disclosed that most of the work at the Ministry, mainly
ministerial functions are being carried out by the Minister’s
advisor, something he said should be done by them.
Mr. Wleh continued, by describing the Adviser as another
position that was created by the minister to oversea the functions
of Assistant Ministers at the MYS.
“The problem is form the minister, I don’t know, maybe because we
are not from her setting,” Mr. Wleh said.
“We did not do well in these two years only because people that
were allotted for setting post have been abandon when it comes to
money to carry out their duties. Only because they want to eat the
money” Mr. Wleh noted.
Mr. Wleh attributed the situation to the misplacement of people
in government, stressing, “there is a need to put the right people
who know the job and can perform in place.
He admonished the in-coming government to properly carry out
their appointments, because, as he termed it, “if the same old
selections are made, things will still remain the same way and might
even worsen.”
“We hold the credentials but are still marginalized, only because
people want to do what they think is good and not what is good for
the country,” Mr. Wleh concluded.
Our efforts to get the side of Minister Wheatonia Dixon-Barnes on
the allegations levied against her office proved futile as she was
said to be out.
