Local contractors promised ‘a slice of the cake’

Local contractors have been promised “a slice of the cake” as far as projects are concerned.

“As far as this government is concerned, empowerment of local contractors is our priority and we will continue to ensure that whatever projects we are doing in Dominica the local contractors, the local service providers will have a slice of the cake and we are very firm on this,” Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit gave this guarantee during his weekly talk show recently.

He said the homes that were recently built in Wesley were all constructed by local contractors and pointed to the further utilization of local contractors in the construction of health centres.

Skerrit continued, “We are about to start some housing intervention in several communities. We will be using 74 local contractors to build homes. I’m not talking about the roads yet, I’m not talking about the drainage yet.”

According to the Prime Minister, the vast majority of local contractors receive government contracts.