SSNIT scandal: Supreme Court shifts ruling on Ernest Thompson, four others to March 17
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JAN 27, 2021
The Supreme Court ruling on the appropriateness of the charges levelled against a former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Mr Ernest Thompson has been adjourned to March 17, 2021.
Mr Thompson and four others have been accused of causing financial loss of more than $14.8 million in the SSNIT Operational Business Suite (OBS) project.
A five-member panel of the Supreme Court was expected to rule on that application filed by the State at the apex court challenging the Court of Appeal’s ruling that the particulars of offence levelled against Thompson were scanty today, Wednesday, January 27, 2021.