“For way too long, governance, particularly at the local level has been found severely wanting; regional executive officers, regional education officers, regional health officers, district development officers, community development officers, overseers and NDC chairpersons often seem to work independently of ministerial oversight, and often seem to do things contrary to standard operating procedures with little to no accountability for their actions,” the writer added. The assumption is that Minister Manickchand is envisioning using the dashboard that connects her ministry to the public. For example, the US federal government uses the dashboard system to track its stimulus spending, while over in the Netherlands the government utilizes it for information technology project monitoring. In the meantime, as the road is being built citizens will be further subjected to delays, battles and road rage. One hopes that the government will understand that dashboards, utilized correctly, can provide accountability and transparency in its programmes.