The National Federation Party is concerned about the recent overseas trips taken by a number of interim ministers at the expense of taxpayers.
Party General Secretary Pramod Rae said a lot of taxpayer’s money is being wasted. He said that looking at previous records, nothing good has come up following these trips.
According to Rae, the money spent on overseas trips can be used to help those unfortunate children whose education is affected due to the increase in food prices and their parents being laid off from work.
Interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama, Interim Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and Interim Tourism Minister Tom Ricketts attended a tourism conference in Dubai while Interim Finance and Sugar Minister Mahendra Chaudhry left for India yesterday. He will then visit Spain.
Meanwhile, the Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s office Pramesh Chand when approached for a comment following Pramod Rae's remarks, only said that the Interim Prime Minister has made his stance clear on the Dubai trip.
He said several important issues were discussed with prominent tourism industry personalities on the possibility of exploring and further developing investment, trade and economic relationships with the United Arab Emirates. He added the success of Dubai has demonstrated that travel and tourism can be a factor for growth, for jobs, trade and investment.
NFP Questions Overseas Trips
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