After six years of “running back and forth”, 38-year-old Raja Singh says he is anxiously awaiting a call from the Ministry of Education that would inform him when he can collect the $130,000 owed to him for the weeding he has done at three Georgetown schools since December 2007.
Following a letter in this newspaper on October 22 written by GHK Lall on behalf of Singh, the Ministry of Education through its Public Relations Officer Suelle Findlay-Williams admitted that Singh is indeed owed the money and expressed “unreserved and unqualified apology for this error…
“The ministry believes this is unacceptable and hopes that in the carrying out of their duties officers are going to be