The government has ap-proved the appointment of the governing board of the Guyana National Broad- casting Authority which will be headed by former Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Bibi Shadick.
“This is… subsequent to the commencement order identifying that the Broadcast Act of 2011 has come into force,” Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon said at his post-Cabinet media briefing yesterday. He said that the governing board will be chaired by Shadick and the other six members are Margo Boyce, Gerry Gouveia, Norman McLean, Dr. Dindial Permaul, Charles Ramson Jr and Sherwood Lowe who was nominated by the Leader of the Opposition.
Observers say the government might have to initially justify the choice of its appointees as several of them have not been involved in broadcast matters. Lowe had been a member of the previous committee on
