CANU staff to be doubled under planned restructuring

James Singh

The staff of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) is going to be more than doubled as part of an organisational restructuring planned to boost its effectiveness, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon announced on Friday.

Luncheon told a post-Cabinet press briefing that Cabinet agreed to the design of the CANU restructuring, which would see a revised organisational structure, additional staffing to more than double CANU’s current size, and salaries commensurate with tenureship and job descriptions.

“The reform initiative logically follows under current interventions and it recognises the many contributions made by CANU to law enforcement in Guyana and specifically its