DA welcomes ANC undertaking to close down NYDA
15 October 2014
The Democratic Alliance welcomes the undertaking by the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service, Bertha Mabe, that Parliament will recommend the closure of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) should it not turn its affairs around by the end of 2014/15 financial year.
During a meeting of the portfolio committee today, the Chairperson put it on record that this year was the "last chance" for the NYDA.
She said that should the implementation of the NYDA's turnaround strategy fail "we will recommend that you close shop".
This commitment from Chairperson Mabe came as the NYDA was presenting its Annual Report for 2013/14 to the Portfolio Committee. The Agency also took the opportunity to ask the committee to increase its annual grant from R408 million to R600 million, despite its track record of excessively high salaries and wasteful and irregular expenditure.