It now appears that the once “Golden Yolk” has officially cracked — and the stench of political incompetence is hard to ignore.

After years of promising to reduce The Bahamas’ dependence on imported eggs, the much-hyped Golden Yolk Program, launched under the “New Day” PLP government, is still sitting in the nest. The Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources, Jomo Campbell, who once boasted that this initiative would revolutionize food security, now seems to have run out of excuses. His latest political trick? Hand the blame — and the entire project — over to the Minister of Works and Utilities, Clay Sweeting.

Now, unless Works and Utilities has suddenly become the Ministry of Poultry and Agriculture, one has to wonder — how exactly does this make sense?

The Golden Yolk Program, first announced in 2022, was intended to create large-scale egg production farms across the Family Islands, aiming for local self-sufficiency by 2024. Funds were reportedly allocated in the 2023/2024 national budget, and sites were identified — yet, to date, no eggs, no farms, and no operational facilities.

And now, rather than admitting that the Ministry of Agriculture dropped the egg, Campbell is suggesting that the project’s delays are the fault of Works and Utilities — because apparently, the infrastructure isn’t ready. That’s like blaming the electrician for your house not being built when you never even submitted the plans.

Even if the Ministry of Works is responsible for the physical infrastructure, the Ministry of Agriculture remains the client ministry — meaning they’re still accountable for the delivery, timeline, and oversight of their own project. Campbell’s claim that he has “handed it off” is not just reckless, it’s dismissive of every Bahamian who was told this project would lower food costs and create jobs.

It’s as if this government genuinely believes Bahamians are too gullible to notice when a program has been quietly “scrambled”.

If this is how “New Day governance” works — passing blame like a hot egg — then perhaps the only thing golden about this project is the gold-plated excuses.

Because after all the hype, the only thing the people have to show for the Golden Yolk Program is an empty carton and another insult to their intelligence.

The people deserve better because the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) fails for one reason; it is their nature

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