Here we go again!! Five members on the board of the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) committed the most despicable act of employing themselves in key managerial positions. But, it doesn't end there. As board members they were able to approve salaries for themselves that resulted in a sum total of $25 million. The report from Auditor General, Pamela Monroe Ellis, should not have been a surprise. But, where in the world would board members who, by the way are generally in financially secure careers or positions, be so crooked as to commit such an unforgiving act - only in Jamaica! This is amazing especially when the government is complaining that they have no money! Certainly these board member crooks have no conscience or any shame in stealing hard-working tax payers' money for their own personal gains. Their actions show that the nepotism practices of Jamaican Prime Ministers and other government hierarchy in appointing their friends to government boards need to stop. It is unethical for the politically connected to get such positions when they are no vetted through a check and balance system to see if they are suitable to hold such high positions.
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