St Kitts opposition calls for inquiry into black out
In St Kitts Nevis, the Opposition People’s Action Movement, PAM, has called for a full-scale public inquiry into a recent electricity outage that plunged the island into darkness.
Opposition leader Lindsay Grant made the call in a national address today in which he also urged citizens to demand answers from the government.
He charged that the recent island wide power outage had come about as a result of irresponsible spending by the Denzil Douglas administration.
He said despite repeated warnings from the Opposition, Government had decided to purchase prototype generators valued at over 11-million US dollars that have proven to be faulty.
An October 2 fire at the lone power station damaged two generators, leaving thousands in the dark.
Two staff members of the power company also had to be treated for smoke inhalation.
via [Radio Jamaica]
