The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) yesterday signed a $139.6 M contract with Courtney Benn Contracting Services for the construction of a sluice at Profit, Abary, West Coast Berbice—the latest in a series of projects being done to boost drainage in Region 5 (Mahaica/Mahaicony).
The document was inked in the boardroom of the Ministry of Agriculture, with acting Permanent Secretary George Jarvis and Courtney Benn signing the contract worth $139, 568, 377. Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NDIA Lionel Wordsworth and Chairman of the Mahaica, Mahaicony,
