Profit/Abary sea defence still unfinished year after deadline

-Auditor General’s report

For the second year running, the Office of the Auditor General has commented on 550 metres of sea defence work between Profit and Abary, West Coast Berbice which is now more than a year past its originally scheduled date of completion.

The 2011 report on the Public Accounts for Guyana which was recently laid in Parliament noted that the contract for $268M was still incomplete and the value of work completed was $159.8M. This assessment was made during a visit to Profit and Abary on July 12, 2012. The report said it therefore “appears that the contractor had not exercised