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The government says the head of the Antigua Barbuda Social Security\u00a0Board will be summoned to Cabinet at its next meeting.<\/p>

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It made the statement even as it announced a\u00a0plan to finance the Social Security Board in order to ensure timely payments to recipients in the month of December 2018 and January 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The board has had trouble paying beneficiaries on time especially in recent months.\u00a0<\/p>

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A sum of $15 million dollars has been pre-arranged although the source was not revealed.<\/p>

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The Cabinet says it decided to summon the Chairman and the Director of the SSB to its meeting next week in order to receive “further assurances.”<\/p>\n

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