Even as government announces that it is finally ready to appoint a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to run the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest), a former chairman of the Private Sector Commission has told the Stabroek Business that given its critical role in attracting foreign investment into the country, GO-Invest should be removed from beneath the jurisdiction of a government ministry and accorded “a measure of autonomy” to function as an entity driven by an influence of its own.
“Given what we understand to be the role of GO-Invest, the agency should not be answerable to any individual ministry. It should be able to relate directly to the Ministry of the Presidency and should have a CEO whose influence carries as much weight as a minister,” CEO of Roraima Airways Inc Captain Gerry Gouveia said in an interview earlier this week.
“Because of the importance of foreign investment to the country’s economy we cannot afford to have GO-Invest tied up in the bureaucracy and procedures of any individual ministry. The last thing we need is to place the
