Dr. Nigel Clarke - Jamaica's Former Minister of Finance | TVJ All Angles

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[@hughjah6469]

Future Prime Minister of Jamaica I give him 5 years to come back to be PM of Jamaica 🇯🇲

[@marciaheadley9933]

Dr. Nigel Clarke, thank you for your sterling service that you have given to Jamaica! We are very appreciative of your great work! We know its for the greater good! And now we wish you God's richest blessings on this phase of your journey! God bless and protect you and your family! We love you! Walk good🇯🇲❤️🙏🏽!!

[@sallywilks456]

Jamaica has and continues to produced great minds and phenomenal individuals. Dr. Clarke is one such person. Wish you well in the international arena during such a turbulent time.

[@CarlPoyser-f5j]

He's absolutely a legend.

[@biggafive]

Best jamaica ever see so far, good job

[@beverleyricketts5159]

PRIME MINISTER IN WAITING 💚🇯🇲💚

[@progamerdude712]

ONE LOVE Dr Clarke.♥️🇯🇲🇺🇸

[@saleenhenry5541]

I want to say thank you for your service, you really showed that ja can do better as a country and in a finance sphere.

[@nevilleasmart]

This interview is one l admired

[@paulinehenry1376]

If Nigel was so great why are we having so much problems in jamaica when comes to finance.

[@everblessotis7541]

Dr Nigel Clarke God bless you for what you have done for Jamaica especially during covid

[@richardodyer6522]

MR CLARK YOU MAKES US PROUD

[@altheabrady4128]

U did well Sir Thumbs up

[@devonrichards1286]

Nigel Clarke has done a tremendous job in balancing Jamaica's economy without a doubt he's the best finance minister we ever had i expect after Andrew win the next election and do the 3rd term Nigel will return to Jamaica to be the leader of the Jlp then prime minister

[@anetawelsh6026]

Dem say him balance di economy of di country but plenty like me still experiencing economic instability😮

[@criticallyskeptic3766]

The USA is the richest country in the world and many American are in Poverty. Economic hardship for some is a feature of capitalist economies. Some people will always be less off economically.

[@criticallyskeptic3766]

That's a feature of capitalist ecomonies... Some people will always be less economically well off. The USA is the richest country in the world. And there are Americans who are not economically well off. More information however is needed to properly analyze your situation. Let's start with this....Are you educated and qualified? What skills do you possess, that can be converted into wealth?

[@marvajackson558]

Dr. Nigel Clarke, big up yourself. You have done a lot for us, and you will be missed. God's blessings go with you on your new journey .

[@olivegallimore6662]

Congratulations Dr Clarke Jamaicans like myself appreciate the work you have done as the finance minister. I wish you even greater success in your new position at the IMF , you are making Jamaicans proud thank you.

[@richardodyer6522]

THIS ONE IS A GAME CHANGER

[@hatensegossroyal5000]

One Dr. Nigel Clarke ,may God continue to bless you 🎉

[@amoyhenry4179]

Dr. Nigel Clarke is the best Minister of Finance Jamaica has ever seen. Congrats again fellow Commonwealth Scholar. I am so proud of you. May the Lord continue to guide you and your family; may you continue on your trajectory of excellence.

[@natanyabornprophetictv6309]

The best finance Minister Jamaica ever had😢

[@Jamaicanone]

Best finance minister ever. Period

[@wayneanthony1089]

Second to Eddie Seaga!

[@leonhenry2159]

This is a one time apertuninty he do is best for is country

[@HubertAllen-qc1ep]

Coming from a 147 in 2013...a 115 since 2016 ..the fact is the " heavy lifting " started with Dr Phillips . Commendation to Dr Clarke for continuing the work.

[@JDWBS]

Did the IMF considered hiring Dr. Phillips?

[@rmak2950]

MVP Clarke u will be missed. Other politicians should take note and master their responsibilities.

[@EvorReid]

There are always many slips between the economic potentially and it's attainment, so Mr Clarke is so right

[@TimeCome-xq1mv]

Our next prime minister of Jamaica 🇯🇲 💚💚💚💚🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@kgraamd]

THE GREATEST FINANCE MINISTER JAMAICA HAS EVER SEEN FACTS

[@marciaheadley9933]

FACT!!

[@nigeltaylor926]

😂😂😂😂

[@kgraamd]

4:19 @nige 3:36 ltaylor926 YOUR LAUGHING I DARE YOU TO TELL ME WHO AND BACK IT UP WITH STATS.

[@w.g.michaelsenior1653]

​​@@kgraamd Omar Davies is the best so far despite all the lies that the JLP & people who made bad investments in 1995 & paid for it before FINSAC was introduced to rescue the situation. Dr. Clarke in his six years as finance minister never had to face the tight fiscal space as others before him had to. Dr. Omar Davies & Dr. Peter Phillips went through the periods of tightest fiscal space in our financial history. Despite the financial meltdown in 1995 Omar Davies returned debt to GDP ratios of 72.25% (1996) 73.7% (1997), 81.67% (1998) 88.96% (1999) & 98.33% (2000). By way of context, the Debt/GDP ratio was 138.74% when the PNP took office from the Seaga led administration in 1989/90. Also, at the end of the much talked about 18½ years, the Debt/GDP ratio was 112.99% in 2007. It was back up to 137.93% 2011/12 after Bruce Golding with Audley Shaw as finance minister. Portia Simpson Miller & Peter Phillips handed the Andrew Holness admin a Debt/GdP ratio of 122.66% and a blueprint for debt reduction, complete with fiscal legislation embedded by the then Minister of Justice Mark Golding. All Nigel Clarke had to do was get behind the wheel & steer. Nothing awesome about him. By the way... the IMF & World Bank lauded Dr. Omar Davies for his crisis management strategy during FINSAC. Dr. Davis was also offered a position with the IMF three times which he declined every single time. Nigel of course grabbed it with both hands first time asking. Best Finance Minister my foot😂😂😂

[@shemarcoley2915]

Opinion

[@shionatkinson9328]

Dr. Nigel Clark minister of finance about to move to the U.S.A on his new job he has the best minister finance in my lifetime. It is the best we are going to miss you MR. CLark, but we wish you all the best. The work must go on, but we will miss you. I wish you all the best. may God bless you and your family and see you soon. I know you will be back to jamaica to give us advice in the finance ministry. Thank you for your service to jamaica sir thank you thank you. God bless you and your family.

[@altheabrady4128]

Yes he chose his words

[@Rudylee51]

I think Dr Clarke should run some day.

[@wayneanthony1089]

I bet you the people of Jamaica would soundly reject him....the majority of Jamaicans don't want good and don't know good!

[@sallywilks456]

No! Not until the Jamaican population becomes more educated and clean-spirited.

[@sallywilks456]

Poor Dionne! Let me leave it there!

[@ionadavis7373]

Thank you, Mr Clarke, you did well for this country. Sky the limit, i wish you and your family well!!!!!!!

[@Wes20231]

There has never been a finer finance minister except for Mr Seaga. Under Dr Clarke stewardship the country financial affairs were well managed. Under his time with his budgets there has been no new taxes and it sets a precedent that all Jamaicans expect including the socialist in the country that budgets presentation must never again include taxation. The country affairs must never again accept arbitrary taxes as done under the PNP while in office. Or for that matter as pracised borrowing and putting us in debt as that is a strategy of the PNP. The record shows that the largest increase in debt was under the PNP of PJ Patterson and Omar Davis and this is grossly irresponsible and that has hampered the future of the children of our country for a long time

[@wayneanthony1089]

You are the only one talking SENSE..... the people who see Dr.Clarke as the best Finance Minister of Jamaica.... they don't remember what Eddie Seaga did.Some were not even born then! Clarke is great....but he is second to Eddie Seaga!

[@clayonkelvinmcpherson86]

I'm Super afraid of Jamaica's former Finance Minister Dr. Nigel Clarke 😢

[@Rok-x5x]

Waste man $1.7 trillion missing under your government.

[@LearntoListen-q2t]

1 Nigel 1 JLP 1 Andrew Holness

[@marciaheadley9933]

Yes! The power team!

[@marvinmcintosh5971]

How can he be so great with all the missing funds from the country's purse...HOW

[@miyardnegril]

We are told that we will be returning to local funding of our budget. That would make an interesting TOPIC. Given that we were told that local fundings are expensive by former finance minister Audley Shaw....

[@iyaintalek5628]

😂😂

[@ZEUS-d1i]

I don't think he personally likes Ms Miller, well...that's what my intuition tells me.

[@w.g.michaelsenior1653]

By the way...didnt the IMF attempt to recruit former Finance Ministers Hugh Small & Dr Omar Davies as well, both of whom declined the offer? The IMF has a history of recruiting finance ministers from developing countries so they can enhance their appeal to other developing countries even as they hammer them with austerity measures within their borrowing agreements.

[@delroymorris16]

Nigel was not telling you the truth in the interview he new something is wrong before he left

[@richardodyer6522]

THIS IS A PARADIGM SHIFT

[@GwenBeckford]

Why is he not optimistic in what jamaicans would say? Is it that he thinks we do not know how to appreciate good dedicated work.

[@julietwilliams12]

Kmt

[@Wes20231]

We all know your teeth are false so becareful they might fall out

[@MichaelDonaldson-s9u]

I am afraid I can’t endorse this move not one bit, personally I’m convinced that the IMF saw the great job you have done and decided that, hell no! We cannot have this man moving the country forward so they made an offer, be real Mr Clarke, we know what you have done and what you will continue to do, it’s high time we start putting Jamaica first instead of self.

[@carolsamuels-c4o]

Great job with the dollars $ 160 and counting

[@seanjack1037]

6:38

[@patrickturner2788]

Another big brain leaving Jamaica. The brain drain is killing our country.

[@shellyannedwards1029]

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@lindelmccormack1660]

The economy is still weak, and the debt is higher than before he took office. Jamaica economy is a one-legged economy. Where is the diversification of the economy. Low growth, low growth.

[@RandolphRiley-tw9se]

Looks how Dion a go try to make ligel look good not asking him the most important question

[@RandolphRiley-tw9se]

What have ligel done out of Jamaica dion did not carry the ones that told him the truth just watch the dollar how it is flying

[@devonpitter7733]

Nigel Clarke: "..... You running, and you running, and you running away; you running, and you running, and you running away; but you can't run away from yourself; can't run away from yourself; can't run away from yourself ...." - Bob Marley.

[@chapdem8576]

too much money missing under his leadership..unuh stop being a hypocrite. none of those money had recover nor any1 held accountable

[@snakeheadmusic]

The Jamaica economy has not grown under this criminal like the prime Minister, in 2024 up until June the country is next to Haiti only grown by 0.8 % that is a good job ,can anyone say what he has done ? Please enlighten me because have the facts ,the US dollar is $164 and that is a good job ,not to mention education, health care, the roads,so when did the economy grow under him can someone tell me how much because it didn't.

[@Wes20231]

Stay in your dark world. I bet you are on debt and have nothing in life to show for it

[@snakeheadmusic]

@Wes20231 u correct about that ,I am feeling the poverty that coming from this jlp government, what should I do be quiet like the rest of the laborites,I. Not illiterate

[@Wes20231]

@snakeheadmusic Evidently you are one of these lazy PNP who has lived on free handouts and don't want to work and believe in entitlement.

[@MentalityMentorCash]

A simple Google search would hide the fact that you're not so educated or intelligent to a great degree. Both parties and even overseas sources and finance bodies said the country grew tremendously over the years. He brought great policies and leadership while the opposition worked with him instead of playing tribal politics.

[@nikantawhite1488]

Go God blind deaf and dumb

[@horrianwelch7080]

It looks like it sounds like all these people that was asked about Nigel is of the green party, in October 31 2019, three years after being in power the Jamaica Dollar was 130 to One US$ now October 31 2024 the Jamaica Dollar as move up to 152 to 1US$ and this man and PM 28 just borrowed alot more money 💰 from IMF, something that mamma p did everything possible to end and step away from. Am concerned about how people minds work in this country, i can see that many don't know bad from good, and good from evil 😢

[@Wes20231]

You are one of these people that don't want jamaica to succeed and TVJ don't go out to get labourite POV as if you notice they strictly gather to comrade. Fortunately the vast majority of Jamaicans are not narrow minded and a diehearted political dunce as people like you

[@freshaz-f2q]

Me hate Jamaican jernalist,,, Why these peoples dont asking these questions in related to the wrong and courption aready happened and what to following Inrelated to the laws and arrests

[@progamerdude712]

Sorry but you making no sense.

[@brendaelson9312]

Best remembered. S S L... heartbreak. Cover up...S S L...

[@nigeltaylor926]

Facts

[@omarmattis9069]

Provide evidence of that so-called cover up

[@nigeltaylor926]

@@omarmattis9069 stay disillusioned