Work has stopped at Palmyra, Corentyne on the base for an Indian immigration monument which embarrassingly collapsed on Tuesday and questions are being asked about which government agency awarded the contract and whether the work was being monitored for quality.
Chairman of Region Six, David Armogan noted that during last year a public tender was advertised for the project by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure on behalf of the Government of Guyana. Armogan relayed that the tender was awarded through the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board. He stated that the region had nothing to with the procurement or awarding of the project. “The region has nothing to do with this project, only the site is in our region, it is completely funded, completely supervised, all the tenders were done in Georgetown… “ said Armogan.
Armogan further noted, that the region on numerous occasions attempted to engage the contractor’s attention. However, he said, the contractor claimed to have a contract with the Ministry of Public Infrastructure. “He’s been saying to us that he has to deal directly with that agency”, said Armogan.
