House votes down GRA $170M for CLICO building

Juan Edghill

The Committee of Supply yesterday voted against an allocation of $170.4 million sought by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for the provision of critical works at the CLICO building in order to facilitate the relocation of various offices of the revenue collecting agency.

The Committee had been in the process of examining Financial Papers 3, 4 and 5 in the National Assembly. The three papers passed albeit with reductions.

However, during the debate over the