Richard?Lord

Cab­i­net yes­ter­day agreed to the re-es­tab­lish­ment of the Na­tion­al Aids Co-or­di­nat­ing Com­mit­tee (NACC) and the con­struc­tion of five com­mu­ni­ty cen­tres across the coun­try.

So said Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Min­is­ter Max­ie Cuffie dur­ing the week­ly post-Cab­i­net news con­fer­ence at the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter, St Clair.

The NACC will op­er­ate with­in the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter and be head­ed by a tech­ni­cal di­rec­tor. The amount of mon­ey for its reestab­lish­ment is yet to be de­ter­mined, Cuffie said.

He said Cab­i­net did not ad­dress the mem­ber­ship of the com­mit­tee but said the work would be re­viewed six months af­ter it be­came op­er­a­tional.

For­mer so­cial de­vel­op­ment min­is­ter Dr Amery Browne was a for­mer tech­ni­cal di­rec­tor of the NACC. It was dis­band­ed un­der the for­mer PP gov­ern­ment.

Cuffie al­so said Cab­i­net agreed that the Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment Min­istry would part­ner with the Ur­ban De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion (Ude­cott) to con­struct five com­mu­ni­ty cen­tres in Tar­radale, San Fer­nan­do; Bon Air Gar­dens, Arou­ca, St Ann's, Bagatelle, Diego Mar­tin and in Diego Mar­tin south at a cost is $40 mil­lion.