Questions for Clinton Williams

Feb 01, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
On Tuesday June 30, 2015, three of the leading dailies in the print media reported with no surprise to many, that senior staffers of a Government entity were clamoring for the removal of Mr. Clinton Williams as their Board Chairman. The news item further stated that Williams in response stated that he was just “a mere rubber stamp”. Is that is management style in all the organization under his remit?
On January 9, 2016 Stabroek News carried another article announcing, much to the appreciation of many, that prominent and credible business man Mr. Stanley Ming will succeed Mr. Williams as the chairman of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission board. With this development and the unfolding situation at Guyana National Industrial Company, a company headed by Mr. Williams, it is anticipated that the various subject Minister including Minister of Social Protection will see it fit to examine the tenure of Mr. Williams as chairman of Board of Industrial Training.
During the period mentioned above they were several back and forth missives between Mr. Williams and other interesting parties but his attempt at a response on November 20, 2015, to a letter published is sections of media which highlighted some of the issues and failures of the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) under his stewardship has been on my mind ever since.
In his ‘enumeration’ Mr. Clinton Williams was very misleading which borders poor analysis. An Apprenticeship Programme is a four(4) year period of training, hence, the apprenticeship output and certification over the immediate past three(3) years cannot be credited as work achievements
Secondly, the 2012 Annual Report for the Ministry of Labour, Human services and Social Security reported that Barama Company was registered to receive and train apprentices.
Third, Comparative statistical data from the Ministry also revealed that short- term training programme such as the NTPYE had an output of 2,047 in the year 2010 and 1,476 in 2009.
Further, the late Dr. Dale Bisnauth is his capacity as Chairman of BIT, presented Masters’ Registration licenses to Caricom Rice Mills and Demerara Distilleries Ltd. Dr. Bisnauth died in April 2013, at which time the CEO/Administrator was not the incumbent. Maybe, Mr. Williams can tell the public which ‘four companies were added to the list of approved Masters in the immediate past three years.
The records will reveal that Mr. Nowrang Persaud was not part of the interview and selection panel in 2013. The Board members on the panel were Mrs. Rosemarie Terborg Davis, a former lecturer of the University of Guyana, a prominent political activist of the People’s Progressive Party, Mr. Desmond Morian and the former Human Resource Director of Guysuco, whose name eludes me at this time. So Mr. Williams should desist from mention of the name of Mr. Nowrang Persaud.
Mr. Williams should tell the Guyanese people, why as chairman of both the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) council, BIT does not include TVET training, why to date BIT cannot meet the minimum standard set by the Caribbean Technical and Vocational Education and Training council (CTVET), why BIT certificates are not being recognized by many local agencies and what is the status of BIT as it relates to the council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
Can someone in the past government tell us why the daughter of a former Minister was paid large sums of monies for unverifiable services and were given the trainees stipend in lump sum despite complaints from trainees of receiving less stipend.
I now ask Mr. Williams if he knows about this. Does Mr. Mr. Williams know why inspectors of the Board of Industrial Training were prohibited from visiting training centers managed by pro-PPP operatives in an effort to verify number of trainees and training quality?
Tanniceia Sandiford

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