Government's debushing programme which provides hundreds of jobs for the nation's most vulnerable is expected to resume within weeks, according to
Public Relations Officer within the Ministry of Works, Kareen Morain.
She told GRENADA TODAY that the programme might resume islandwide within the next three weeks.
Morain said the specifics to get the programme back up and running are being ironed out and the public will be informed soon.
The operation of the programme was hotly debated following the July 8 poll between the new government formed by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the ousted New National Party (NNP) regime of ex-Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell.
Advisor in the Minister of Works, Osbert James who is an executive member of Congress defended the government's position to suspend the programme while appearing on the GBN morning programme with veteran broadcaster Lew Smith.
James who failed to win the St. Mark's seat in the election said the programme was put on hold by the new rulers in order to undertake a full assessment of its operation and to make necessary changes for the benefit of the Grenadian people.
During the NNP reign, the debushing programme was expanded to provide labour to help farmers clear their agricultural lands following the passages of Hurricanes Ivan and Emily in 2004 and 2005 respectively.
New Prime Minister Tillman Thomas during a national address disclosed that there was serious abuse of the system under the NNP leadership.
His assertion was repeated by James on the GBN Morning programme.
James pointed out that the programme was budgeted to cost seven million dollars however when the July 08 elections was called the programme was over spent by an additional 12 million dollars.
