Lone member of the Opposition, the Hon. Cleone Stapleton-Simmonds, made her input during the Sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly after the tabling of the Draft Estimates 2022.

Here is an excerpt of her address:

The Hon. Cleone Stapleton-Simmonds

The purpose of the Bill, presented by Premier of Nevis and Minister of Finance, the Hon. Mark Brantley on Tuesday,  is to appropriate certain sums of money for the use of the public service of the island of Nevis, for the financial year commencing on 1^st Jan 2022 and ending on 31^st Dec. 2022.

The bill is to the tune of EC $229.04 Million dollars.