It's now compulsory for all Government Ministers to have quarterly meetings with the heads of boards which fall under their portfolio as part of efforts to tighten the monitoring of state entities.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness, made the disclosure during a media briefing yesterday, says the new mandate will be placed in the code of conduct for ministers.
“I’m also mandating that minister’s meet with their board chairmen and the board bi-annually to have a policy review. So the quarterly meeting, is more to enshrine the process of administration and the bi-annual meeting is to ensure that the boards are focused on policy. So this is a mechanism for evaluation….”
He also responded to suggestions that the state-run oil refinery Petrojam should be privatized.
“We are not at that stage yet. (A) Couple months ago we put together the Petrojam review commission to advise the government as to what is the best approach to Petrojam. The policy of the government is to have full utilisation of national assets,” the Prime Minister said.
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