Jagdeo questions proposed $23B funding for rice sector

While welcoming the government’s plan to provide $23B to the rice sector to ensure payments to farmers, former president Bharrat Jagdeo has questioned the source of the funds.

At a press briefing at Freedom House on Tuesday, Jagdeo called on the government to explain where the billions will come from, given its previous pronouncements that the PetroCaribe Fund was empty. He said after “scouring”