While urging the swift operationalisation of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), European Union (EU) Representative to Guyana Ambassador Jernej Videtič yesterday handed over a $2 billion cheque to Minister of Finance Winston Jordan to aid in improving the country’s sea and river defences.
Ambassador Videtič, who also handed over a Coastal Engineering Design Manual for Guyana’s sea and river defences to Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson at a ceremony at the Marriott Hotel, said the Government of Guyana has made significant strides in improving public finance management, transparency and accountability.
This remark by the Ambassador, which was made to an
