MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT Dr Denis Lowe today dismissed suggestions he should resign if the island’s garbage-collection problems persist.
During a media conference at Hastings Rocks in Christ Church, Lowe said people making such a demand “don’t have any power over my appointment, so they can call from now till the cows come home”.
He added: “Should I go around and call for the removal from this country of every single Barbadian who litters? Should I? If people want to react to circumstances not caused by the Government, the result of the habits of some Barbadians, then let me make them an offer. Let them agree to leave the country and I will agree to resign.”
The Opposition Barbados Labour Party’s Shadow Minister of the Environment Senator Wilfred Abrahams said recently if Dr Lowe’s ministry could not solve the country’s garbage problems he should “do the honourable thing and resign his position in favour of someone who can make things happen”.
He spoke against the backdrop of a pile-up of garbage across the island. (TY)
