Senator Morgan backs Auditor General snapshot on Hurricane Melissa relief spending

Government Senator Marlon Morgan, who serves as parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Education, has weighed in on a real-time review issued by the Auditor General’s Department into Hurricane Melissa relief and recovery spending.

He framed the exercise as a practical aid for transparency and public oversight. In his reading, the document underscores how the administration has mobilised resources after the storm, including roughly J$11.3 billion committed across about four hundred and twenty active relief and recovery contracts.

The same review, he noted, records donor inflows of about J$1.4 billion that remain untouched at this stage—a sum he contrasted sharply with the much larger public outlay now financing assorted recovery programmes.

Morgan maintained the audit surfaces no grave misconduct or corruption allegations. He argued the findings instead point to institutional arrangements—including NARA—that should bolster Jamaica’s ability to lift everyday living standards as rebuilding continues.