Government engineer Walter Willis has been relieved of managing the Haags Bosch dumpsite in the fallout from the dissemination of photographs, purporting to be US$3 million in heavy-duty equipment belonging to contractor maintaining the site, BK International.
When contacted, Willis said that all queries should be directed to Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Ganga Persaud, the Permanent Secretary in that ministry or Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon.
“That is true,” said Willis when asked whether he was fired. “It took effect from Monday but I got the letter since [November 2].
“All I did was take a photograph of the equipment,” he said, stating that this was what was believed to have precipitated his removal. Asked whether he believed his firing from Haags Bosch will affect other projects he is currently engaged in, he said he wasn’t sure.
“I don’t know… I might just as well walk away from all of them,” he said.
Willis is also the chairman of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority and the supervising engineer on a number of sea defence projects and the Amaila road project.
