Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall yesterday assured the National Assembly that he is planning for Local Government Elections (LGE) to be held later this year.
With allocations made for LGE in this year’s budget, Dharamlall told the budget debate “We are planning for Local Government Elections in 2021. We have budgeted and we are planning… I will like to commend him, the Honourable Minister [Ashni Singh] for setting aside resources.”
The Minister at the time of his announcement was making the point that the opposition is scared of the $381 billion budget and its potential to rebuild communities.
