Is Hustling Involved in Purchasing of B.D.F. Rations?

Henry Charles Usher

The rations that the B.D.F. soldiers are provided when they are deployed in the field is also still a topic of concern. While the Prime Minister and the B.D.F. commandant have said it’s merely a matter of introducing a better diet for the soldiers, some insist that there is hustling happening in the purchasing of the rations. Today Minister Usher said the government will have to look into it more closely.

Henry Charles Usher, Cabinet Minister

“I don’t know about the aspect of hustling happening, but I certainly – you asked me whether this has come up at Cabinet. It has, in terms of making sure that the BDF is properly resourced, meaning all the resources that they need to carry out their work, including, of course food and rationing. And I think it’s important that Cabinet stays on top of it. The Minister of Defence has already stated that the different contracts they’ve gone out. There’s always a situation where supplies may not come in to time as when it should come in to time, and perhaps that’s the situation. But I can’t say that there have been any allegations of corruption coming forward on this issue. But we continue to monitor it.”