Essequibo rice millers owe Region Two farmers over $632m and the head of the rice board says that the government has made good on all payments so there should be no problem.
The government on Thursday released the names of five millers in Region 2 who owe paddy farmers in excess of $632M from the spring crop of this year. The government in a GINA release stated that it “empathises” with the farmers’ frustrations.
The government called on Wazeer Hussain of Dry Shore/KSCL to pay out $285,360,540; Ramesh Ramlakhan of Ex-Mouth, $156,584,455; Deonaraine (Evergreen), $135,000,000; Old Mac Guyana Inc, $28,300,000 and La Resource Rice Industry, $27,600,000 owed to farmers.
Speaking to farmers, Stabroek News was told that a gathering was held on Thursday outside of the
