The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune

There has been some suggestion that the government is toying with a National Lottery as a means to funding National Health Insurance. This is extremely interesting.

Not only does the whole idea of a National Lottery funding NHI, but just recently a popular gaming house introduced Lottery.

The Gaming Board and even the Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe and Gaming Board “Last Voice” quickly used their PR to dispel the rumour that the famous number house was actually introducing a Lottery. The programmed staff said it was anything else other than a lottery. This does not pass the smell test.

The real question really is, has the same number house who has already started, going to be used to continue with his Lottery or is he going be made to discontinue with the government benefitting totally.

It would be sad if the government will be using a backdoor approach from someone benefitting from a National Lottery with a private business controlling the purse.

Mr Christie must “come clean” with this. We are not that fool not to figure this out.

On the other note, many questions are already being asked about the deal with Batelco. We remember Hubert Ingraham’s plan for ordinary Bahamians to have shares, but the new deal is no Bahamian will get any shares or only a few.

Questions are also being asked about BEC and who is really benefitting. If the company that is providing the oil for BEC being the real reason, why no attempt has been made to get rid of the dinosaurs engines for new renewal energy? Otherwise why has the cost of oil and the surcharge remained extremely high, even when the price of a barrel of oil decreased by more than 75%?

We all know that the stark reality of the PLP not returning has caused many in government to behave really strange.

A WISE ELECTORATE

Nassau,

August 19, 2016.