The RATED Programme is facing renewed criticism over chronically late payments to participants. Second District Representative the Honourable Melvin Turnbull is leading calls for reforms to the government-run short-term job program.
Launched to aid unemployed residents, the RATED Programme has been plagued by fiscal mismanagement according to Turnbull, leaving participants without payment months after delivering services.
Citing regular complaints from struggling constituents, Turnbull blasted the program as a developing ordeal.
Turnbull believes that as currently structured, the rated programme is missing the mark on its mandate. He stressed that fiscal accountability must match political rhetoric.
