JOEL JULIEN

The To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly has come un­der fire from its own Deputy Chief Sec­re­tary Wat­son Duke for leav­ing a cul­tur­al troupe from the is­land strand­ed in New York.

Duke post­ed the scathing video to his of­fi­cial Tik Tok yes­ter­day, as he called on the THA "hot shots" to act swift­ly to cor­rect the sit­u­a­tion.

Ac­cord­ing to Duke, 27 To­bag­o­ni­ans were sent to Brook­lyn by the THA to per­form and rep­re­sent the is­land.

"They were not pro­vid­ed for be­yond the tick­et," Duke said.

In the three minute and 50 sec­ond video, Duke said the To­bag­o­ni­ans were left with­out food and had on­ly been pro­vid­ed hous­ing by a mem­ber of the di­as­po­ra liv­ing in New York.

"I am ap­peal­ing to the THA of which I am part—but those who con­sid­er them­selves to be the de­ci­sion mak­ers, those who con­sid­er them­selves to be the hot shots in the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly, the pol­i­cy mak­ers and dri­vers of the sys­tem—to act wise­ly and do so now. Show To­bag­o­ni­ans you care about them," he said.