Jagdeo’s expenses at $45M in 27 months

Bharrat Jagdeo

The state has paid $45.4M in expenses for former President Bharrat Jagdeo in the 27 months since he demitted office and this appears to include the cost of a medivac flight to Florida.

Payments were made under the controversial Former Presi-dents (Benefits and Other Facilities) Act for electricity, transportation and security. This works out to around $1.6M per month mainly for Jagdeo’s Pradoville Two residence.

Details on Jagdeo’s expenses were circulated yesterday in Parliament in response to questions which had been