New WASA board appointed
Saturday 12 December 2020
Minister of Public Utilities Marvil Gonzales, fourth from left, stands with members of a newly appointed board of commissioners for the Water and Sewerage Authority during an inauguration meeting at the ministry s St Clair office on Thursday.
PHOTO COURTESY MINISTRY OF PUBLIC UTILITIES - Ministry of Public Utilities
A team of eight were appointed as the new board of commissioners of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) on Thursday, a media release from the Ministry of Public Utilities reported on Friday.
The release said the team consisted of experts from various fields with a mandate to transform WASA into a more efficient, transparent body.
PUBLIC Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales urged the newly appointed Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) board to focus on the goal of stabilising the water distribution and wastewater sector.
Speaking at his inaugural meeting with the board yesterday, Gonzales also identified a number of areas within the Authority that need critical attention, one being the unpredictability of the water schedule that is currently in operation.
The new board is tasked with the job of providing strategic direction to transform the authority into a high-quality performance water and wastewater company, with a focus on best practice, good corporate governance, transparency and accountability.
Nep•o•tism
Noun: the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.
The People’s United Party were swept into office on a promise that they would put an end to corruption and nepotism. Throughout the entire just under 13 years that the United Democratic Party was in office, the PUP accused the UDP of corruption and nepotism. The pointed to the fact that a few family members of UDP officials were either employed by the government of were appointed to boards or governmental entities. Never one day did they ever question the professionalism or other qualifications of such persons. Now that the PUP is in the driver’s seat, one would have thought that the PUP would be leading by example and would have made such appointments and hires from among the professionals and suitably qualified persons. Not so! With the PUP, nepotism and cronyism is all that has been happening with almost all the hirings and or appointments