Amid a torrent of criticism and a threat of street protests by the opposition PPP, government yesterday assured that plans are in the pipeline to cushion the impact of the closure of the Wales sugar estate and factory.
“None of the farmers’ cane will be in jeopardy…We are looking to see a more waterborne way (of transporting the sugarcane from Wales to Uitvlugt)…that is being addressed now. We have one year to put new arrangements in place. Nothing is happening to jeopardize the operation or people’s employment, nothing…Wales estate will not be closed before the 31st December 2016,” Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder told reporters at the Ministry of the Presidency during the post-Cabinet media briefing yesterday.
According to Holder, most of the factory workers will be absorbed by Uitvlugt but there will be a few persons who will be made redundant and they will receive severance. “The people who will really be affected will be
