Shake-up of GINA looming

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo (right) addressing the second sitting of the 11th Parliament yesterday.

The Government Informa-tion Agency (GINA) owes the state broadcaster, the National Communications Network (NCN) as well as the state newspaper Guyana Chronicle, millions of dollars and an investigation is underway with a shake-up of GINA imminent, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says.

The poor performance of the entity as well as the large sums of monies owed has prompted the probe as the abuse of the advertisement process is unacceptable, Nagamootoo told the National Assembly yesterday as he made his contribution to the debate on President David Granger’s speech at the ceremonial opening of the 11th Parliament. The Prime Minister said that GINA currently owes the Guyana Chronicle in excess of $76 million.

He declared that GINA has become like a lead pulling down NCN and the Guyana National Newspapers Ldt (GNNL) which