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De Nobriga: New ministry to encourage public to think digital

De Nobriga: New ministry to encourage public to think digital Symon de Nobriga - The newly established Ministry of Digital Transformation is expected to accelerate the country’s transformation process post covid19 with the target to enhance the efficiency of government operations. On Monday the Prime Minister announced the split of the Ministry of Public Administration and Digital Transformation into two ministries. Allyson West will continue to head the Public Administration Ministry and Hassel Bacchus, who served as a minister under the previous ministry, has been appointed as Minister of Digital Transformation. Newsday was unable to reach Bacchus, but Minister of Communications Symon de Nobriga explained the creation of the new ministry is “part of government’s transformation process and the fact that we understand we have to accelerate the pace in which we revive that process.

Indarsingh lashes jobs for the boys in new digital ministry

MP Rudranath Indarsingh arriving for parliament. - Photo by Sureash Cholai COUVA South MP Rudranath Indarsingh claimed the creation of a new Ministry of Digital Transformation separate from the Ministry of Public Administration was done simply to create a make-work ministerial portfolio for new minister Hassel Bacchus. The two ministries/portfolios were previously joined in a ministry headed by Allyson West until split by the Prime Minister on Monday, hiving off the digital portfolio to Bacchus. Indarsingh said he was perplexed, in a statement on Tuesday. This high-level shift comes a year after the creation of the Ministry of Public Administration and Digital Transformation, and makes absolutely no sense at this time.

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