Ali appoints technical team to review key state agencies

President Irfaan Ali has appointed a special technical team to conduct a rapid financial and management review of key state agencies including GuySuCo and the power company.

A statement yesterday from the Department of Public Information said that the team comprises Christopher ‘Kit” Nascimento , Public Communications Consultant; Christopher Ram, Chartered Accountant and Attorney–atlaw; Nigel Hinds, Certified Public Accountant and Sasenarine Singh, Financial Consultant.

They will “immediately conduct a `Rapid Financial and Management Assessment’ of the following agencies”:

● Guyana Power and Light

● Guyana Water Incorporated

● Guyana Geology and Mines Commission

● Central Housing and Planning Authority

● Guyana Forestry Commission

● Guyana Gold Board

● National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited

● Guyana Lands and Survey Commission

● The Lotto Fund

● Guyana Energy Agency

● Guyana Rice Development Board

● Guyana Oil Company

● Guyana National Shipping Corporation

● Guyana Office of Investment (Go-Invest)

● Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo)

The statement said that the team will also be conducting a review of the operations, policies and programmes of the Department of Public Information, the National

Communications Network Incorporated and the Guyana National Newspapers Limited.

The team will further address the functions of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority.

When the Granger administration took office in 2015, extensive audits were commissioned of these agencies. Ram and Hinds were among the persons enlisted to undertake these audits.