Attorney Nigel Hughes yesterday offered to step down as AFC Chairman over his link to the contentious Amaila Falls Hydroelectric project but the party refused to accept his resignation, saying it had “full confidence” in him.
Hughes announced that he had offered his resignation from the chairmanship in wake of a Kaieteur News report highlighting the fact that he was Company Secretary of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Inc, the company set up to pilot the project. His wife, AFC MP Cathy Hughes is also the public relations consultant for the project’s developer, Sithe Global.
Like the main opposition APNU, the AFC has voiced serious concerns about the project although it has signalled that it is leaning towards supporting the two legislative instruments crucial to
