State Minister confident NaRRA will deliver results despite “coordinated smear campaign”

October 17, 2026

State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Abka Fitz-Henley, says he is confident that the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) will deliver results.

This, despite what he calls a coordinated smear campaign by the Opposition.

Fitz-Henley made the comments when he spoke to members of the Diaspora in New York in the United States yesterday.

He was attending the American Friends of Jamaica Gala.

The State Minister noted that the Government’s special-purpose vehicle to rebuild sections of the island which were devastated by Hurricane Melissa will succeed.

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According to Fitz-Henley, scrutiny of NaRRA is important, and there have been some reasonable questions.

NaRRA is back in the spotlight, following reports that its Chief Executive Officer was receiving a compensation of $40 million per annum, plus a 25 per cent performance gratuity.

There was also a revelation that the Digicel building chosen to serve as the NaRRA headquarters would cost $115 million each year to rent.

The Government is reviewing the lease.

Fitz-Henely said given that the market rate for the salary of some heads of key statutory bodies and rental costs across successive administrations are not widely known, it is understandable that some Jamaicans have genuine concerns about NaRRA.

He noted that some of these concerns, especially from the Opposition, are spurious.

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