Private sector backs hiring of foreign skills for GPL

The country’s key Business Support Organizations (BSOs) – the Private Sector Commission (PSC), the Guyana Manufac-turing and Services Association (GMSA) and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) have acknowledged that the performance of the beleaguered Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) may be enhanced through the infusion of foreign skills including  management.

Earlier this week, following an article published in the July 27th issue of Stabroek News in which Prime Minister Samuel Hinds had disclosed that a recent study had suggested that foreign management be brought in,  Stabroek Business sought the views of the three organizations on the issue of foreign management for GPL. And each of the three, in turn,