Government will wipe-off the arrears and, once the reconnection fee is paid, the service will be restored. This relief programme is only for households; will take effect from February 14, 2018 and will run until May 18, 2018. Mr. Speaker, many of us have walked in the streets of deprivation and poverty. They are not strangers to us. With that familiarity and heeding the words of Proverbs 28:27: “Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.’ My Government will not hide its eyes and will not be cursed. We will journey with the poor and and help to light the way to their progress and prosperity, for they are our brothers and our sisters. Roads to prosperity Mr. Speaker, as I said in my of the Nation” address on January 1st, it “State should be clear for all to see, that had this government not inherited a financial calamity from the previous administration, which did absolutely nothing to resolve it, we would have had hundreds of millions more to spend on improving the lives of our people, to include; building homes and constructing roads. But, we were forced to prioritize spending.
Government will wipe-off the arrears and, once the reconnection fee is paid, the service will be restored. This relief programme is only for households; will take effect from February 14, 2018 and will run until May 18, 2018. Mr. Speaker, many of us have walked in the streets of deprivation and poverty. They are not strangers to us. With that familiarity and heeding the words of Proverbs 28:27: “Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.’ My Government will not hide its eyes and will not be cursed. We will journey with the poor and and help to light the way to their progress and prosperity, for they are our brothers and our sisters. Roads to prosperity Mr. Speaker, as I said in my “State of the Nation” address on January 1st, it should be clear for all to see, that had this government not inherited a financial calamity from the previous administration, which did absolutely nothing to resolve it, we would have had hundreds of millions more to spend on improving the lives of our people, to include; building homes and constructing roads. But, we were forced to prioritize spending.
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