North Andros to press for BPL compensation

FROM PAGE A22 had a day yet where the electricity is on all day,” Mr Bethel added.

“Its causing people to not want to be in Andros and it’s hurting business. There is a seamstress that came to me and she was considering coming to Nassau to finish her work because, with the power continuously going off, she is having difficulties completing the uniforms.”

Turning to Mr Lightbourne’s response to last week’s protest, Mr Bethel maintained that the frustrations of the residents are not politically motivated. “The statements by the member of parliament were very defeating for the community. It was very defeating for the community to hear him say that they are trying to make it political. His statement came off as if he is suggesting that the people were complaining for nothing,” Mr Bethel said.

“The residents are very frustrated by his remark because it has nothing to do with politics. Everybody is feeling the power outages, and everyone has suffered in one way or the other. He has yet to address the general public and say to them what he can do to help mitigate or mediate the situation wherever he can, and whatever communication he has with BPL. It’s almost like he doesn’t care.”

Mr Bethel praised the work done by BPL employees since the fire, and said the community has always felt the staff were doing their best but have not been given the proper tools from BPL to be “successful”. He added that the generators sent to North Andros were used and not “properly” maintained, creating many issues for the employees to solve.

“He mentioned about four or five times inside of his posts that the guys on the ground are working hard,” Mr Bethel said of Mr Lightbourne. “We’ve never ever tried to jeopardise those guys’ jobs ,and we’ve never suggested that they weren’t doing a good job. We’ve always felt like they were doing a good job. Right to this day they are still outside in the rain.

“It came off as if he was trying to pin the community against them, as if to say, when you complain, you’re suggesting that these guys are not doing a good job. But that’s not the case. We’re saying that BPL has not given them the right equipment for them to be successful. The operation of those generators are new to them. And the generators are not new, and they were not properly maintained prior to being sent to North Andros, so they are having a lot of issues.”

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