Cudjoe-Lewis extends support as Pollard remains hospitalised

STEPHON NICHOLAS

GML Cor­re­spon­dent

Po­lit­i­cal dif­fer­ences were set aside as To­ba­go politi­cians pub­licly ex­pressed sup­port for Sec­re­tary of Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment and So­cial Pro­tec­tion Ian Pol­lard, who re­mains hos­pi­talised.

Leader of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment To­ba­go Coun­cil, Sham­fa Cud­joe-Lewis, is­sued a state­ment of­fer­ing well wish­es to Pol­lard and his fam­i­ly dur­ing what she de­scribed as a dif­fi­cult pe­ri­od.

Cud­joe-Lewis said she was sad­dened to learn of Pol­lard’s hos­pi­tal­i­sa­tion and stressed that mo­ments such as these serve as a re­minder that health, fam­i­ly and per­son­al well-be­ing are more im­por­tant than pol­i­tics.

She ex­tend­ed sin­cere wish­es for Pol­lard’s re­cov­ery and ex­pressed hope that he re­ceives the care, strength and sup­port need­ed to re­gain his health. Cud­joe-Lewis added that her thoughts and prayers were with Pol­lard and his loved ones and said she looked for­ward to hear­ing pos­i­tive news about his con­di­tion in the days ahead.

Ear­li­er on Thurs­day, the Of­fice of the Chief Sec­re­tary con­firmed that Ian Pol­lard had been ward­ed at St Clair Med­ical Cen­tre for the past week. No de­tails were pro­vid­ed on the na­ture of his ill­ness.

Chief Sec­re­tary Far­ley Au­gus­tine, speak­ing on be­half of the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly, al­so con­veyed best wish­es for Pol­lard’s full and speedy re­cov­ery.

Au­gus­tine as­sured the pub­lic that the op­er­a­tions of the di­vi­sion re­main on­go­ing un­der his lead­er­ship, with sup­port from As­sis­tant Sec­re­tary Ack­el Franklyn.

The Chief Sec­re­tary al­so ap­pealed for re­spect for Pol­lard’s pri­va­cy and that of his fam­i­ly as he con­tin­ues re­ceiv­ing med­ical care.