Head of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) Ann Greene was yesterday sent home on leave by Social Protection Minister Volda Lawrence following a verbal altercation with Junior Minster Simona Broomes.
A source told Stabroek News yesterday that Greene was sent home on 36 days of leave after asking Minister Broomes “to build a relationship with the Child Protection [CC&PA] staffs since they were hurting from previous comments of hers peddled in the media.”
The source stated that Greene approached Broomes in a meeting while discussing plans for the agency and asked her to build relationships with the staff since she had formerly declared that the “nicest thing in Child Protection was the paintings on the walls.”
The source indicated that Broomes told Greene that she was a minster and could not tell her what to do.
However, this publication received information that it was Minister Lawrence who sent Greene on leave. When Stabroek News contacted Lawrence for a comment on the issue, the reporter was told to call back. All other efforts to contact her again were unsuccessful.
The source noted that Greene believed that the “sudden leave” was because of a “personality issue” Broomes has with her.
