Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development, Donville Inniss, insists Government should listen to the advice of experts.
Do not shoot the messenger!
This was the stance of Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development, Donville Inniss, while stating that Government must take to heart the advice coming from various quarters on the best way forward for the island.
At the time, he was speaking on the comments issued by former RBC Group economist, Marla Dukharan, as she urged the Freundel Stuart administration to “press the reset button” early to put the island back on a path of growth.
Addressing a forum hosted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados (ICAB) on Thursday, she highlighted that the longer government delayed in implementing the necessary corrective measures, “the steeper the adjustment will have to be”.
Speaking at ICAB’s Business Workshop yesterday morning at the Hilton Barbados, Inniss stated that while there are persons critical of such comments and similar ones from other experts, “we must listen to people like her”.
“There are those who really do have our interest at heart and they say things that we as politicians do not like to hear, but you know what? If you really care about our future you must be prepared to hear other people’s views and to take them on board and not be dismissive of them,” he stressed.
According to him, persons at the top must be willing to fully engage and listen to such persons and “more importantly, take some action to really transform this nation once and for all.” (JMB)