AFC to table motion for full inquiry into NIS

The AFC will move a motion in Parliament for a full inquiry into the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), the party announced yesterday, saying that dissatisfaction with its operations was highlighted by aggrieved Blairmont sugar workers.

The AFC’s Region Five Management Committee (RMC) last Sunday met with some of the sugar workers at Ithaca Government School ground, West Bank Berbice, and in a release the party said almost all of them had problems with the NIS, including large portions of their records being missing, which seems to be the norm nationally.

“AFC Chairman Mr Khemraj Ramjattan has an entire cabinet full of