PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC—Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley introduced on Wednesday that he’ll resign from workplace on March 16.
Throughout a ceremony this morning, he proposed renaming the D’Abadie/O’Meara Street the Lisa Morris-Julian Boulevard.
“As Prime Minister, I too am ending my tenure of public service—fortunately, not sadly—however with a specific amount of satisfaction that I’ve been capable of have colleagues round me and been given the duty to chart a course of improvement for this nation for a while,” he mentioned.
He acknowledged that many individuals in public life don’t consider or neglect that service in public life is for a interval—irrespective of how good or vital they’re.
“As I conclude a number of assignments in these weeks, I accomplish that with some satisfaction that my presence amongst my colleagues and the nationwide group would have contributed to nationwide improvement and that I’d have carried out one thing good with you and for you,” he mentioned.
He famous that, like in a family, the nationwide budgetary course of is rarely ample to perform every part desired, primarily when a number of initiatives have to be undertaken concurrently.
“So, we’ve to just accept that it isn’t possible to do all that we need to do on the identical time such issues are required. We’ve got to plan; we’ve to execute. We’ve got to prioritize,” he mentioned.
The Prime Minister additionally mirrored on his Authorities’s achievements and pointed to roadworks throughout the nation, citing initiatives within the East in Toco, the West with the Diego Martin Freeway and the creation of a brand new city middle, the South-West with the completion of the Level Fortin Freeway, and ongoing works in Chaguanas.
He mentioned the initiatives have enhanced mobility and ease of transportation, saving time and gas and contributing to nationwide effectivity.
Rowley added that he would inaugurate the Central Block of the Port of Spain Normal Hospital earlier than demitting workplace on March 10.
He additionally mentioned that on March 15, he’ll open the brand new ANR Robinson Airport terminal constructing.
“As we do this, I go away you on the sixteenth of March as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago,” he mentioned.
