Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 01, 2016 (SKNIS)—The Department of Constituency Empowerment in 2016 will be re-engineered and re-purposed within the Office of the Prime Minister, and led by Mr. Duncan Wattley, according to Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris in his New Year’s Day message on January 1.
Prime Minister Harris said that in the past it was “no secret that the Department of Constituency Empowerment and its financial resources were being used as a political vehicle to assist the Douglas regime in desperately holding on to power.”
He said that the time has now come for that department to serve its rightful purpose and that Mr. Wattley, a lecturer at the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC), cultural artiste, community activist and radio personality will assist in the re-engineering and re-purposing of the Department of Constituency Empowerment.
Dr. Harris disclosed that the department will be designed to facilitate and hone leadership from the community level; trigger and guide renewal of our rural and urban communities; accommodate public and grassroots development education and awareness on all national development matters where the people’s voices must be heard and advanced; facilitate engagement across ministerial portfolios on matters germane to the development, health, wealth and safety of all community residents; and create a forum and focal point for returning nationals who have much to contribute to the development of their homeland.
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