More on the rationale for a statutory independent National Assembly Budget Office

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Rationale
In last Sunday’s column, I made a call for the establishment of a statutory independent non-partisan and professionally-staffed Budget Office to be located in the National Assembly (NABO).  It is my belief that this could well be one of the surest ways to dissolve the grave misgivings and distrust which surround statistics provided by the government and its agencies. If successful, this would lead to an enormous improvement in both political and economic governance in Guyana. Improved prospects for Guyana are more …..


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