Works Minister Robeson Benn dismissed Opposition assertions that an amount of $136m “disappeared” from a $550m sea defence project in West Berbice for which monies totalling $156m were paid up to the end of 2010 and with work to the value of $20.6m being delivered.
The Minister yesterday took APNU Member of Parliament Joseph Harmon to task for suggesting that the Minister and Ministry were responsible for the money and said today the project is now about 65% complete and liquidated damages to the value of $27M has been applied.
“I am prepared to go to jail today if they can prove me wrong. If they can
