The future of the Marketing National Importing Board (MNIB) remains the immediate focal point in discussion circles, following yesterday’s pronouncement that the end of this month will be the last day for the workers there.
The Grenada Government has taken a decision to restructure the age-old institution that was set up in the People’s Revolutionary Government era to market farmers’ produce.
With time and the expansionism of the agriculture sector, MNIB’s operations were moreso subsidized and with a level of mismanagement over the years, the Grenada Government complains the institution has hit rock-bottom and it’s taking the decision to change the dynamics.
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Word has officially reached MNIB workers their service will be cut at the end of the month, a measure the Government sees as the first step in moving ahead with the institution’s future operations.
The workers held audience this afternoon with their bargaining Unit, the Commercial and Industrial Workers Union (CIWU) and were brought up-to-speed with the latest development.
MNIB is said to be indebted to the tune of millions of dollars… monies owed to farmers, to banks, to the government and to other entities.
And, going forward, according to the Government, depends on the need to change focus, where it appears there’s an urgent exercise in the run-up to a public-private partnership arrangement.
On this score, the Government has decided on the option to terminate the workers, pay them their severance and/or whatever benefits due, according to CIWU President, Lyndon McSween.
