Region 10 councillor says bauxite not receiving adequate attention

Chairman of the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources, Odinga Lumumba (centre) and other committee members PPP/C Member of Parliament Pauline Sukhai (left) and APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Audwin Rutherford. (GINA photo)

Region Ten councillor Charles Sampson on Thursday told a parliamentary committee that the bauxite industry is not receiving the attention it should and he also queried the quality of the ore being shipped out of the country.

Sampson was speaking at a forum organised by the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources at the Constabulary Recreation Hall in Linden.

Chairman of the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources, Odinga Lumumba (centre) and other committee members PPP/C Member of Parliament Pauline Sukhai (left) and APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Audwin Rutherford. (GINA photo)
Chairman of the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources, Odinga Lumumba (centre) and other committee members PPP/C Member of Parliament Pauline Sukhai (left) and APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Audwin Rutherford. (GINA photo)

GINA said that the Chairman of the Committee, PPP/C Member of Parliament, Odinga Lumumba told the gathering that the meeting was to “get a sense of what’s happening” with the communities and the companies which operate in the sector.