Former Police Chief and Guyanese Honouree call on employers to pay for Work Permits!!
By Pauline Waruguru
Nevis Reporter-SKNVibes.com
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| Former Commissioner of Police Calvin Fahie Vincent Adams |
CHARLESTOWN, Nevis – VINCENT ADAMS, a Guyanese residing on Nevis, and former Commissioner of Police Calvin Fahie are calling on employers in Nevis to pay for the work permits of Guyanese nationals in their employ.
“A lot of Guyanese nationals are paying for work permits. I worked in Africa for 15 years and did not pay for the work permit out of my pocket,” Adams said.
Adams, a highly respected science teacher, was honoured by the Guyanese Association of Nevis during this year’s Independence Award Ceremony held at the Red Cross Building, Nevis on Saturday night.
Adams also appealed to Directors of the Guyanese Association to honour grass-root Guyanese nationals. He said he serves in the education sector to give back to Nevis for what he got: “I am giving back for what I got...a beautiful wife.” Adams settled on Nevis in 1961.
He was nolstagic about yesteryears in Nevis when people would have slept with their doors
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Science teacher and Guyanese Honouree
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open. He also called on Guyanese children to be exemplary in their behaviour.
Former Commissioner of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, Calvin Fahie, who was an invited guest, echoed Adam’s sentiments and called for an end to what he described as “indulging in slavely of non-nationals” and beseeched the Nevis Cabinet to ensure a process that enables employers to pay for the work permits of Guyanese nationals.
“Let’s treat people with decency because many Nevisians are living abroad. We are God’s people. Let us continue to be one people. Get all Guyanese involved (in the association.),” Fahie said.
The former Police boss said he had seen special aspects of human behaviour in Guyanese nationals and hard-work and commitment were among them. ~~Adz:Left~~
“Be together, stick together...people like to influence you. Continue to look for one another,” the former Police Commissioner said.
Random interviews with Guyanese nationals indicated that when concerned Nevisians raise the issue of work permits, Guyanese nationals are threatened with loss of jobs. They called on the government to handle the matter with wisdom so that job security is not threatened.
