Dominica govt purchased DOMLEC shares 28.6 percent less than listed value: PM Skerrit
The third meeting of the second session of the tenth parliament of Dominica was conveyed on Monday morning.

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This means if the United Workers had not sold the 72 percent of the shares that were government-owned for $21.0 million, these shares would have been worth at least $26.3 million today,"."The dividend that DOMLEC has paid to its shareholders since the sale by the UWP in 1997; 72 percent of this would have been income for the Government and the country," he further explained. Furthermore, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit stated that in the past twelve financial years from 2009 to 2020, DOMLEC paid dividends totalling $24.8 million (the only years during that period when there were no dividends were in 2018 and 2019 because of Hurricane Maria)."Of the $24.8 million paid in dividend during 2009-2020, 72 percent or $17.9 million of this amount would have gone to the Government's Treasury to meet the needs of our Dominican people,". Besides this, Prime Minister also addressed the issue of the cost of petroleum and petroleum products caused by the Russia-Ukraine war. "The Russia-Ukraine war resulted in a corresponding increase in the cost of electricity. Your government is doing everything within its control to reduce the impact on families and businesses," stated Prime Minister.He said the government urged the Independent Regulatory Commission (the IRC) to accelerate its review of the electricity tariffs while the government continues to push on to build and commission the geothermal plant. "We are confident that with a reduction in the tariffs by the IRC, we can experience a reduction in the electricity rates,".Author Profile
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