Contracts worth $412m signed for countrywide clean-up

Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker (seventh from left) with the awardees. (Ministry of Local Government photo)

Eight contracts worth $412M were on Monday signed as part of Guyana’s $1B Clean-Up My Country Programme.

The contracts were signed in the presence of Local Government and Regional Development Minister Norman Whittaker and will see the procurement of a number of items including tractors, trailers, and mini-excavators along with bins, barrels and garbage bags.

The government of Guyana allocated $1B in its 2014 budget for the programme with $500M each being allocated to the Georgetown and regional aspects