More treasury offices needed

THE EDITOR: Retired public and other officers, including widows and orphans, are required to submit Life Certificates to the Pension Branch of the Treasury Division by April and October of each year. These Life Certificates are of great importance and failure to comply could result in financial embarrassment. An offender may be starved of his monthly pay until matters are put right. Amending and correcting the infringement could involve some time and delay.

Some difficulty is encountered by people who live in places remote from Port-of-Spain. The hardship involved in getting to the Treasury Division, for many who do not live in the route of easy transport, could result in failure to comply. Because of the vital importance of fulfilling the necessary requirements, it is my suggestion that centres be established in various parts of the country where officers could be posted to carry out the relevant functions of collecting and checking documents and dispatching them safely to their final destinations.

SALER AMEERALI
Chaguanas