NGPC receiving payments on $1.4B contract

The New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (NGPC) has been paid twice under the APNU+AFC government in relation to a US$6.7 million (approximately $1.4 billion) which the former PPP/C government had cleared weeks before the May 11 general elections.

These include the $572 million payment that was halted when the APNU+AFC government took office. Permanent Secretary in the Public Health Ministry Trevor Thomas told Stabroek News last week that the original terms of the contract was for the contract payment to be made in full however this did not happen and as a