PM announces new CMU council
Published:Tuesday | January 28, 2020 | 12:00 AM
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced a new council for the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU).
Holness who spoke in Parliament this afternoon, said the new council will be mandated to set up a governance committee in accordance with recommendations made by the Auditor General in her special audit report.
The members of the council are:
Professor Gordon Shirley, Chairman
Professor Ibrahim Ajagunna
Noel Brown
Devon Garden
Kerry Tulloch
Glenardo Simpson
Dwayne Powell
Kerry Clarke
Trevor Riley
Donovan Stanberry
Therese Chambers
Mark Hart
Peter Brady
Dr Marshall Hall
Donovan Perkins
Mitsy Gordon Burke Green
Grantley Stephenson
Peter McCarty
Worrel Morris
Professor Gosif Oliver
“The board assembled has the requisite skills and competence to put into place the policies and those policies will become the norm at the CMU,” Holness said.
The council was approved by Cabinet yesterday.
Holness hinted at amendments to come for legislation governing the institution.
He said the CMU has been given instruction to reduce the 21 bank accounts it currently has on its books.
According to the AGD, the CMU improperly operated the bank accounts of the Jamaica Maritime Institute Trust Fund, JMITF, which was established in 1997.
The Auditor General noted that the Board of the Trust Fund has not met since 2015.
The Auditor General also says no evidence was seen by its investigators that the CMU Council took the necessary legal steps to wind up the JMITF by transferring its assets to the CMU Foundation.
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