Dear Editor,
President Irfaan Ali has proclaimed that by year end some 10,000 NIS matters would be resolved. He shared that this feat would be accomplished by the marvel of a special secretariat which will soon be established. I must share that it seems the President was badly advised.
The NIS as an organisation is lethargic, backward and completely inept. Editor, in my area alone, I know of persons who have been waiting not days, weeks or even months but years for the NIS to address their issues. Many pensioners are already seeing the Pearly Gates and St Peter but the NIS could least be bothered to get off their laurels. The NIS, in my mind, is simply an embarrassment for the Government and a shameful organisation that has moved away from its objectives.
I think Mr President it’s best you begin to replace the NIS officialdom from top to bottom. The current bunch, as I see it, are hopeless and will fail you and your Government.
Regards,
Liebert Alleyne
