Granger promises alternative energy boost to grow manufacturing sector

Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner-General Khurshid Sattaur was one of the attendees at yesterday’s GMSA luncheon, where opposition coalition leader David Granger delivered the feature address. (Photo by Arian Browne)

Opposition Leader David Granger yesterday told business leaders that if elected president he would move to maximise alternative energy options and signalled plans to reform the Amaila Falls Hydropower project.

“We will completely reform the project, the Amaila Falls Hydropower project,” Granger told attendees at a business luncheon hosted by the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) at the Pegasus Hotel.

Granger, the presidential candidate for the APNU+AFC alliance, explained that while Guyana has the produce that can be