Saturday 27 November 2010

IFFI A WHITE ELEPHANT by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar

The government should come out with a white paper as to in which way IFFI is beneficial to Goa and Goans.This annual extravaganza is definitely a colossal waste of public money. An unnecessary and unjustified drain on the State exchequer. The Government should get its priorities right.
 Instead of focusing on good roads, uninterrupted power supply, regular water and good health care facilities for the local people the government keeps pumping crores down the drain on IFFI. To the thousands of senior citizens whose old age pension applications cannot be processed for lack of funds, the IFFI tamasha is no solace.
To some IFFI may be a feast with those politicians and their contractor chums rejoicing on the quick dividends they can amass and swallow in hurriedly and shabbily executed works in the name of IFFI.
In all that it does a good government should focus on the common man’s vows. Public funds and government machinery should not be misused for one’s personal benefit. One should not wine, dine and make merry at the cost of the State exchequer. But this is a government which likes to spend. It's a crore a year even on the Advocate General. There has to be transparency and accountability in every paisa spent from the State exchequer. Goa cannot continue to be forever hospitable. It’s time to assess what benefit the state gets from any event it hosts.

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  1. I am reminded of a story an ant telling the elephant to get out of the water, only to see what kind of trunks/swim suits the elephant was wearing.It is easier for the ant to slip into the swimsuit of the elephant,than to ADVOCATE,Aires Rodgrigues to fit into the swim suit of good Pauslip Dourado,God bless him. TRUE NIZ GOENKAR. AIRES YOU ARE EXPERIENCED POLITICIAN,LAWYER,A TRUE GOAN. As A TRUE GOAN,ENTER POLITICS AGAIN UNDER THE BANNER OF NIZ GOENKAR,KEEP THE FIGHT ON FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, FOR A A SPECIAL STATUS TO GOA, LIKE JACK DE SEQUEIRA,LIKE EVERY TRUE GOAN.WE GOANS OF CALM MIND,SUSSEGAD WILLL BE GREATGEFULL TO YOU,AND PROUD OF YOU,YOU HAVE EVERY SKILL TO MAKE GOA A BETTER GOA,EVERY TRUE NIZ GOENKAR WILL SUPPORT YOU. YOU HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH FOR TRUTH, GIVE IT ONE MORE CHANCE FOR EVERY GOAN TO SUPPORT YOU WITH VOTES LIKE PAUSLIP DOURADO,INSHALLA, YOUR BOAT WILL NOT SHINK,IT TAKES COURAGE TO BE ALONE, IT TAKES COURAGE TO GIVE YOUR ALL,IT COURAGE TO BE A TRUE NIZ GOENKAR, IT TAKES COURAGE TO BE TRUE NIZ GOENKAR. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR SHIP SHALL NOT SHINK AGAIN,THEY HAD SO MUCH OF FISH,THEIR NETS BEGAN TO TEAR,....CAN ANY ONE DESTROY THE FULLAMCHO CHURISS AT BAMBOLIM?NONE DARE

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