The Fiji Meteorological Services Director Rajendra Prasad hit news headlines yesterday after he decided to speak.
Speaking on various issues relating to the services provided by them, Mr. Prasad revealed the lack of funding, decrease in maintenance budgets and need for upgrading equipment.
”We have had our maintenance budget chopped from $200,000 per year to around $45,000 per year but I am just glad and I must sincerely thank the government for letting me keep my pay packet and job,” Mr. Prasad said.
The reporters who were called up for a press conference at the FMD were virtually numb when Rajendra Prasad appeared and eventually spoke.
“This is much bigger news then the 5 th December coup. I mean this guy will never speak up never mind what happens and what happened today was just beyond our belief. And let me say that it was easier to predict the coup then his (Rajendra Prasad) appearance,” one of the reporters exclaimed.
However critics of Mr. Prasad did not hold back their dislike for his method of working. According to Patrick Breur, who has a private small-scale weather station of his own, Rajendra Prasad only comes forward to speak of the inefficiencies of his department after disaster has struck.
“This chap is so glued to his chair that he will make sure that everything is ‘normal until his butt is on fire after the floods and everything else. This guy is better then the best politician we have. He definitely knows how to save his job,” Mr. Breur.
According to another critic who spoke on the condition of anonymity has advised Rajendra Prasad to get into the habit of going to the media when budget cuts are made. The critic further stated that lots of things get done through the media and also told Mr. Prasad to get his dictionary and check for the phrase ‘preemptive action'.
Meanwhile, deposed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase has said that Mahendra Chaudary will lead Fiji into disaster while quoting from the Book of Revelations.
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