Confirmation today that no new staff has been hired in the Office of the Deputy Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly. 

Responding to a question from Minority Councillor Petal Daniel Benoit during last Thursday’s Plenary Sitting, Chief Secretary Farley Augustine reminded that the Office of Deputy Chief Secretary is not a new one. 

He added that the Management Services Unit has already done its part in making the new stand-alone office a reality. 

Mr. Augustine said his administration has other priorities at this time. 

The holder of the office is the political leader of the ruling Progressive Democratic Patriots, Watson Duke.