‘Layers’ ensure transparency of protect procurement process, Gov’t says
Government, at the final NCN debate on corruption, defended the procurement process as transparent—even though there is no Public Procure-ment Commission (PPC) as required by the Constitu-tion—and said that there are several layers to ensure its transparency.
The debate was aired on Sunday night on NCN Channel 11 with a panel comprising Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh, former Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir, trade unionist Carvil Duncan and Member of Parliament for the Alliance for Change Moses Nagamootoo. The topic for the debate was institutional corruption.
Singh said government wanted the PPC, hence it put the requirement in
