CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC- The three week old strike by Civil Servants has cost the country well over EC$3 million, according to Cabinet Secretary Darryl Montrope.
The Government started to assess the financial cost of the work stoppage, when the strike came to a halt on Tuesday.
According to Montrope, preliminary figures for the Customs Department alone indicate that the Government lost over EC$2 million in revenue at an average of EC$200,000 a day.
The Cabinet Secretary said apart from Customs - the Inland Revenue Department, the Ministry of Commerce and the Registry were the worst affected by absentism during the strike period.
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