There has been another resignation from one of the Government’s newly-appointed statutory boards.
The latest is chairman of the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) Jeffrey Headley, who only took up the post some two months ago.
Speaking to Barbados TODAY last night via telephone, Minister of the Environment and National Beautification Trevor Prescod confirmed that Headley, a retired chief environmental health inspector, had quit the top post at the SSA.
“He has resigned and all that I have done so far is to indicate that I wish him well in any new endeavour and indicate that we really appreciate his contribution during the time he worked with us,” Prescod said, adding that he had not seen the letter of resignation at the time so could not say why he stepped down.
He said he had been informed of the resignation by one of his senior officers. “Most likely those things would come first to my Permanent Secretary,” said Prescod, noting that the letter was recently received by his ministry.
Asked if he was going to accept the resignation, the Minister replied: “If it is his will I cannot do differently if he so desires.”
The name of a replacement chairman would shortly be known, Prescod told Barbados TODAY.
“We will put a replacement there as soon as possible. I give you that assurance,” he stated.
Headley was part of a team which travelled overseas to buy second-hand trucks for the SSA, but was summoned back home by Prime Minister Mia Mottley.
Last month, when she addressed a meeting, Mottley had explained that “pursuant to a board paper” the group from the SSA and the Ministry of the Environment and National Beautification had gone abroad to examine used garbage trucks, but “a certain car company’s representatives happened to be at every location that the group went to”.
Just two weeks ago, Chief Agricultural Officer Lennox Chandler resigned from the board of the Barbados Water Authority (BWA), citing personal reasons, according to Minister of Energy and Water Resources Wilfred Abrahams.
The Minister confirmed that a new letter of appointment was about to be issued to the chief agricultural officer or his nominee to take up the vacant seat on the board.
emmanueljoseph@barbadostoday.bb
The crooked BLP used the same tactics as Donald Trump to win the general elections on May 24th, and now the party is experiencing the same turmoil that is going on in Washington DC.
By the way, where is George Payne? I haven’t heard him since Mia allowed him to act as PM in early June, but the spitefully ignored him and selected Santia Bradshaw to act as Prime Minister in late June,while she Mia was travelling.
I guess I will not hear George Payne’s sexy voice again in Parliament for the next five years, he is a master of silent acts in the Lower House. Maybe the Home Affairs Minister, Edmund Hinkson could elbow and wake up his good buddy. Edmund knows old Georgie very well indeed and his capabilities.
@Jonny Crow: You and Harry need to stop the party bantering and get serious about your contributions. Here we have a statutory entity collecting a tax from Barbadians part of which is paid to another statutory entity. recently we’ve had a $15,000.00 legal opinion after a disagreement with the advice given by the corporation’s paid legal adviser. Then the resignation of a significant member of one board, and the chairman of the other. Minister Prescott dances around the resignation of his chairman saying he would recommend him anytime, but we the people not having the facts of those resignations.
These two goodly, respectable men simply don’t want to be associated with a government who has promised what it’s not delivering. It’s that simple. Lennox Chandler, and Jeff Headley are men of the highest integrity as public servants. They cannot be bought, and they won’t be part of any public relations only blind date strategies. This government has taken the masses of this country on a blind date. We or them don’t have a clue what will happen within our country in the immediate future.
you two fool need to follow the story and stop scratching for grains. the whole of Barbados probably know why he resigned except nincumpoops ds yardfowls like you two
I want a breadfruit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well if you say “the whole of Barbados probably know why he resigned except nincumpoops ds yardfowls like you two” then I am either a Foreigner or a nincumpoop, and I am neither. So I want to know, why did Mr Headley and Mr. Chandler resign. I’m just minding my business……………but uh woould like to know!
Jeffrey
These people dont understand that you dont make sport. You stand for principle.
There is more in de mortar than de pestle. He went on a business trip where private interest just happen to be lurking, they get call home now he resign. De new minister aint easy.
i got to be a nincumpoop too. i have no idea why they resign..they want to know sang a calypsonian