$20m risk

As of Wednesday, May 28, 2014

EDITOR, The Tribune.

Ministry of Agriculture Live Stock Feeding plant is unable to produce enough animal feed for local use other than live stock owned by government – this happens when the Ministry of Agriculture is expending $20 million plus on BAMSI, Andros, which must ask a simple question: Does anyone know what is going on at Agriculture or are they like a lost tribe in the desert?

This week, we saw yet again a photo-op of the Deputy PM in Andros and the Chief Architect talking about needing more millions as if you were talking about $10.00 – was it they needed a further $10m on top of the $20m?

Clearly there is no management complement at Agriculture and it is obvious to those without sight that we have to challenge the sense of BAMSI and the capability of the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Minister that they can oversee such a large financial investment which many question from the start as to its commercial viability?

Was this $20m+ project, BAMSI, a political decision to quieten the naysayers that the Christie led government had done basically nothing since 2012? It is an enormous risk of $20m if that is so, but if the feed production plant on Gladstone Road is unable to produce feed for the private livestock owners and now they have to slaughter obviously at a reduced price then this shows there is zero management skills at Agriculture and we had better put BAMSI on hold and fully evaluate the commercial sense of the project.

W THOMPSON

Nassau,

May 16 2014.