Security measures at NOC to be further beefed up

Amid continuing concerns about the government’s management of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC), security of the facility is to be further beefed up.

In an advertisement in yesterday’s Guyana Chronicle, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is seeking bids for the supply and installation of a day/night security camera system at the NOC at Onderneeming. The engineer’s estimate for this is $13,792,460. The same advertisement also seeks the installation of security lights and an electrical upgrade for the NOC. The engineer’s estimate here is $9.7M. Bids for these are to be opened tomorrow at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board.

Prior to this, the government had announced its intentions to go ahead with a