The Em­ploy­ers’ Con­sul­ta­tive As­so­ci­a­tion (ECA) has con­grat­u­lat­ed new­ly ap­point­ed mem­bers of Prime Min­is­ter Stu­art Young’s cab­i­net say­ing the tran­si­tion comes "at a cru­cial time when Trinidad and To­ba­go con­tin­ues to nav­i­gate per­sis­tent and emerg­ing chal­lenges."

How­ev­er, the ECA said the on­go­ing so­cial and eco­nom­ic pres­sures, geopo­lit­i­cal po­si­tion­ing, evolv­ing glob­al mar­ket con­di­tions and the crit­i­cal need to en­sure na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty and sta­bil­i­ty al­so present op­por­tu­ni­ties.

"The ECA recog­nis­es that ef­fec­tive lead­er­ship in these key ar­eas will be crit­i­cal, and we ex­tend our best wish­es to the new in­cum­bents as they em­bark on their re­spec­tive roles. Cit­i­zens will no doubt be ea­ger to see ear­ly signs of suc­cess via the re­al­i­sa­tion of quick wins to im­prove their dai­ly lives and re­store pub­lic con­fi­dence," a state­ment on Tues­day said.