NAACIE to query use of Chinese workers on GPL project

Kenneth Joseph

NAACIE’s General Secretary Kenneth Joseph says serious questions will have to be asked of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) over the use of Chinese nationals to construct a sub-station at Good Hope on the East Coast Demerara. Joseph yesterday told Stabroek News that the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) knew nothing of the works at Good Hope, and he only learned of the situation on Saturday after it was reported in the Stabroek News.

Joseph stated that before the management of GPL changed, the union received constant updates concerning the company’s operations which enabled them to properly monitor its works for its members. He said however,