Charlestown, Nevis, July 1, 2020 — With three ministers in the Federal Cabinet, the Nevis Island Administration of Premier Hon. Mark Brantley has called for an urgent meeting with the Federal Government, expressing the view that Nevis is not getting the percentage share agreed to in the Charlestown Accord of 2014.
“The full rigor of the Charlestown Accord has not yet been implemented and that is something that I have already communicated to the prime minister. Those resources continue to be lopsided in terms of the share that goes to our brothers and sisters in St. Kitts compared to what comes to the island of Nevis,” said Premier Brantley at a recent press conference.
Brantley noted that progress has been made, including Nevisians participating in diplomacy for the first time in the country’s history. However, he stressed that regarding the sharing of resources from the Citizenship by Investment Programme, “while Nevis is getting more than it has ever received in the history of the country, we know that we are not getting what was agreed in terms of percentage shares and that now has to be a matter of urgent discussion and resolution between the NIA and the federal government.”