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Dermon Spence, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture.
Updated 13 hours ago Edmond Campbell/Senior Parliamentary Reporter

MERCY PLEA

Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture Dermon Spence on Tuesday appealed for leniency for two employees facing a $64-million surcharge over 11,121 bags of fertiliser donated by Morocco to Jamaican farmers that remain unaccounted for. A recommendation to recover $64.7 million from the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) employees hangs over them after fertiliser stocks went unaccounted for between 2019 and 2023.

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