“IT IS OUR MONEY and we want it now.”
This is becoming the earnest plea of many Barbadians to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), despite an advertisement appearing in the Press that the department is upgrading its system and claims will be delayed.
That is little comfort to four despairing young mothers who turned up at the offices of the SATURDAY SUN when their efforts to get some clarity from the NIS about their maternity benefits did not bear any fruit.
Going public was not an action they wanted to take, but as new mothers they are expecting the cheques to help them with the little ones.
The cries did not start yesterday. About a week ago a young St Thomas woman hitched a lift to this newspaper’s Fontabelle, St Michael location with young child in hand to tell her story. (JS)
Please read the full story in today’s Saturday Sun, or in the eNATION edition.