No decision taken to revoke radio licences handed out by Jagdeo – GNBA Chairman

Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Leonard Craig yesterday said that a report that all radio licences issued by former president Bharrat Jadgeo will be rescinded is erroneous as the board has not yet made a decision on the way forward.

“What you see in the Kaieteur (News yesterday) was the over exuberance of a board member who gave an interview without authority to speak on behalf of the board and to speak on a matter we are still deliberating,” Craig told Stabroek News when contacted. Craig said that while the issue of radio spectrum licences were discussed by the board a final decision has not yet been made and that a subcommittee of the GNBA had made a recommendation that the licences granted by Jagdeo be revoked.

This newspaper understands that the GNBA has asked its legal team to analyse both the