Opposition MPs upbraid Whittaker over $1B clean-up programme

Estimates amounting to $2.7 billion for the Local Government Ministry were approved on Friday, even as members of the opposition criticised government’s proposed $1 billion ‘National Clean-Up Programme’.

Ever since plans for the clean-up initiative were announced by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh during the reading of the budget on March 24, members of the Alliance for Change (AFC) as well as A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) accused government of attempting to undermine