State media entities urged to be inclusive, responsible

Newly appointed board members of Guyana National Newspapers Ltd (GNNL) and National Communi-cations Network (NCN) pose with Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo. From left standing are: Sohan Poonai, Margaret Lawrence, Carolyn Walcott, Dhanwanti Sukhdeo, Dr Paloma Mohamed, Karen Davis, Scherazade Ishoof-Khan, Patricia Woolford, Ruel Johnson and Imran Khan.Sitting from left are: CEO of NCN Molly Hassan, NCN – Board of Directors Chair Bishwa Panday, Nagamootoo, GNNL Board of Directors Chair Jean La Rose and Chronicle General Manager Michael Gordon. Missing from photo are: Board Members Bert Wilkinson, Tabitha Sarabo, Mark Archer, Kojo McPherson and Colin Thompson.

New board chairman of the National Communication Network (NCN) Bishwa Panday yesterday said that the network and its sister company the Guyana Chronicle could run as businesses while discharging their mandates as all-inclusive entities, while Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo called for a “fresh approach” where there is no political axe to grind.

Prime Minister Nagamootoo, who has responsibility for public information in the new government, yesterday issued the instruments of appointment to the board members of the two entities and he once again bemoaned the poor financial state of the two companies and called for them to be operated professionally.

Saying that he was not trying to “stir up or engage or confront a controversy,”