The Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion of Trinidad and To­ba­go (NCC) has said that it is stand­ing firm in its sup­port of the up­com­ing Car­ni­val in To­ba­go and has tak­en care­ful note of com­ments to the con­trary in the pub­lic sphere.

In a state­ment is­sued Mon­day, the NCC said that while the Car­ni­val’s plan­ners opt­ed not to ac­cess the NCC’s of­fer to lever­age its ex­per­tise and re­sources for the event, the Com­mis­sion has nev­er wa­vered in its on­go­ing moral sup­port of the fes­ti­val and its or­gan­is­ing com­mit­tees.

"In­deed, the Com­mis­sion con­tin­ues to whole­heart­ed­ly ex­tend its best wish­es for a suc­cess­ful, mem­o­rable, and fruit­ful To­ba­go Car­ni­val 2022. See­ing the event as a part of wider, na­tion­al push to­ward pro­mot­ing our twin-is­land Car­ni­val cul­ture, the NCC re­mains ea­ger to as­sist, if called up­on, in any way that it can, and is com­mit­ted to the Fes­ti­val achiev­ing all of its goals, and its sus­tain­able de­vel­op­ment," the NCC said.

It added that as much dis­cus­sion and ex­cite­ment build around To­ba­go Car­ni­val 2022, it ful­ly in­tends to stay true to its man­date in ser­vice to the peo­ple and the Car­ni­val cul­ture of Trinidad and To­ba­go.