Jamaica Agriculture Minister resigns for violation of COVID-19 protocols

Jamaica Agriculture Minister resigns for violation of COVID-19 protocols
Jamaica Agriculture Minister resigns for violation of COVID-19 protocols

After the video surfaced of Jamaica’s Agriculture Minister Floyd Green, he gave resign from the ministry. In the video, the minister is enjoying a party with other friends during the “no-movement” day.

Along with minister Floyd Green, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councilor for the Mona Division in the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, Andrew Bellamy, celebrated and toasted alcohol.

According to the updations, another minister would be appointed until the new minister would not be assigned to run the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

PM Andrew Holness revealed this during his visit to the vaccination site at the Windward Road Primary and Junior High School on September 15 in East Kingston. He also said that he would not assume responsibility for the Ministry, given his current workload and oversight.

PM Holness said, “I do intend to place the Ministry under temporary supervision until I have finalised the ministerial appointment for that ministry. At this point, having the COVID issues to deal with, I wouldn’t want to take on another responsibility where I will have to exercise even greater ministerial oversight. Already, I am the Minister of Economic Growth and Job Creation. I do have the office of the Prime Minister, which is a ministry in itself, and I do play a significant role in national security through the National Security Council. I have to acknowledge the human limits, and so I will ask another minister to oversee it until I am settled in my mind where to give it a final place of ministerial support.”

PM Holness said that he was very disappointed after watching the video in which the former minister was at a social gathering. Minister Green himself, having reflected upon it, after this Minister Green expressed his own disappointment and recommitted to ensuring that no such other incident would ever occur, and he had apologised sincerely for his mistake.

PM Holness said that Minister Green had great potential, but Ministers must exemplify the law,  Mr Green did the right thing in offering his resignation.