No state money spent on presidential inauguration – Jordan

In this photo club president Lionel Chinian makes a presentation to Ishmael Tang in the presence of the other awardees.

Finance Minister Winston Jordan has confirmed that no state money was spent directly on the inauguration of President David Granger.

While Minister Nicolette Henry was being questioned during the consideration of the budget estimates last Wednesday, opposition member Charles Ramson Jnr had inquired what funds allocated under the line item ‘National and Other Events’ were spent on. In answering, Minister Henry identified the inauguration and the T-20,