Ministers visit to Exxon reminiscent of city’s parking meters trip –TIGI President

Troy Thomas

Transparency Institute Guyana Incorporated (TIGI) President Troy Thomas has told Stabroek News that he finds the recent ministerial visit to ExxonMobil’s headquarters reminiscent of the 2016 mayoral visit to Mexico in relation to parking meters which was paid for by Smart City Solutions (SCS).

In an invited comment Thomas noted that while TIGI has not formally discussed the ministers’ visit to Houston, Texas they have definitely noted it as “interesting”

According to statement from ExxonMobil a delegation of Government Ministers from Guyana was hosted at its Campus in Houston, Texas on August 10 and 11. The delegation included Carl Greenidge, Raphael Trotman, Winston Jordan, David Patterson and Dominic Gaskin. Also present was Presidential Advisor, Dr. Jan Mangal, and two Technical Officers, Teresa Gaime and Kiran Mattai, of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Guyana Energy Agency respectively.