-shortening lease among options
-gov’t recommits to vigilance with contracts
Government yesterday said that the arrangement for a pharmacy bond on Sussex Street with businessman Larry Singh of Linden Holding was “undoubtedly undesirable” and several options are being looked at including shortening the lease and the state will now secure its own facility.
The about-face on the Linden Holding deal came after weeks of searing criticism of the arrangement which was revealed in Parliament on August 8th following intense grilling of Health Minister Dr George Norton by the opposition PPP/C.
While the imminent reversal of the deal is an embarrassment
