100 Skilled Individuals Will Be Brought Into Dominica

Government will bring in one hundred skilled men and women from overseas to help in the recovery and reconstruction of Dominica before the next hurricane season.

That announcement was made by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Roosevelt Skerrit

Mister Skerrit has commended the efforts of a few Dominicans living overseas who came down to assist in the rebuilding of the country however he says there is need for more skilled persons from the diaspora to come to assist in whatever way possible in the rebuilding efforts.

The prime minister was speaking at the presentation ceremony of a check of 2 million dollars toward the renovation of roofs in the Mahaut constituency Friday.

Mister Skerrit says there is not much time left to reroof houses and government will move speedily with the support of the Cuban government in helping to get this part of the reconstruction done.