WPA calls $500,000 ceiling on home rentals for ministers inexcusable

From left are WPA Chairwoman, Tabitha-Sarabo Halley, and WPA Executive members Dr David Hinds and Tacuma Ogunseye at yesterday’s press conference

A governing coalition member, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), yesterday voiced its outrage at the rental of living quarters for Junior Minis-ter of Natural Resources Simona Broomes at a price tag of $500,000 and called for a review of the payment of mega rates for ministers.

“We are alarmed at the news that the government has been paying rent for two government ministers to the tune of $500,000. The WPA cannot in all conscience defend and support