Gov’t lining up nominees for procurement commission

After years of delay, the government is moving to line up its nominees for the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) in the face of continuing criticisms by the Auditor General and the opposition over breaches in the award of some contracts.

Stabroek News has been told that President Donald Ramotar has made an approach to an individual to chair the body while the names of the PPP/C’s other nominees are being mulled over.

Both the PPP/C and opposition