Get the people who know about sugar involved – Granger urges gov’t

Opposition Leader David Granger has called on the government to involve persons with technical expertise to assist in the resuscitation of the floundering Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and to stop treating it as the sole preserve of the PPP/C.

Granger said the government needs to take a more inclusive and consultative mode as it works towards revamping the corporation. He said going to the National Assembly every year and asking for bailouts for the corporation is not going aid in a turnaround.

The $1 billion GuySuCo subvention in the 2013 budget was