Resisting political control and getting its membership to be neutral continue to be challenges for the National Toshaos Council (NTC) in the face of strong opposition by some government officials, outgoing Chairman Joel Fredericks says.
“The NTC was heavily politicised by the past administration. People were afraid to speak out. With the change in government and with new leaders being more vocal and taking charge of the NTC in 2015, we decided that we should be independent and neutral despite receiving a subvention from government,” Fredericks told Sunday Stabroek during an interview.
However, Fredericks said the NTC has achieved some level of neutrality but there is still some way to go to achieve full independence.
