Minister of Land and Legal Affairs, Saddam Hosein, said corruption has been uncovered at the Land Settlement Agency.
He was speaking to members of the Standing Finance Committee on Saturday.
“The land for the landless is being administered through the Land Settlement Agency. Mr. Chairman, when we went into the LSA we had several issues with respect to personnel that was employed at the LSA that were planted there by the former administration. Mr. Chairman, we slowed down the work of the LSA simply because the work was being frustrated by the massive amount of corruption that was exposed at the LSA.”
Minister Hosein listed the surnames of a number of people, whom he said had been recommended for employment at the LSA by various politicians.
“This is a document that I have received from persons at the Land Settlement Agency. So Mr. Chairman, you understand the weight of the corruption that that agency was operating under that it stalled the work of the people of Trinidad and Tobago for the last fiscal year.”
The LSA is responsible for the regularisation and upgrading of informal settlements throughout the country.