NASSAU, Bahamas – Progressive Liberal Party leader Philip “Brave” Davis criticised the government for its “failed” initiatives and deals as well as Hurricane Dorian relief efforts on Grand Bahama, The Tribune reported on September 13 in an article written by Earyel Bowleg.
While speaking during his party’s virtual rally in Grand Bahama, he reflected on the Oban deal and the government’s purchase of the Grand Lucayan hotel.
“Every single day they have shown how little they care about the people of Grand Bahama. They said it would be ‘the people’s time’ and then they showed us real quick which people they meant. Now when they say ‘it’s about your future,’ they don’t mean you either because this government has one competence: delivering deals to FNM insiders and they do that well,” Mr. Davis said.
“Remember the billion-dollar Oban oil deal that was supposed to transform Grand Bahama?” An oil deal with no environmental impact assessment. A fraudulent oil deal with a fake signature. That scandal alone was disqualifying, showing a leader and a team way in over their heads or worse because now the files cannot be found.
“All along, they’ve been saying they couldn’t possibly help you because there isn’t any money. From Sweeting’s Cay to Lewis Yard to West End, they told you that there wasn’t enough money to keep their promises but they had no problem finding the money to make million-dollar mistakes. They found the money to buy the run-down Grand Lucayan hotel, although they were too incompetent to include the furniture or the golf course or the inventory in the deal. The price of that mistake is around $200m and still climbing,” Mr Davis said. See complete story in The Tribune at http://www.tribune242.com/news/2021/sep/13/plp-leaders-accuse-govt-failing-grand-bahama/
