Charge against ex-GMC boss, others discloses no crime – lawyer argues

Nizam Hassan

One of the lawyers representing former General Manager of the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) Nizam Hassan, who is accused of approving payments for substandard work on the rehabilitation of the company’s Robb Street headquarters, yesterday argued that the charge laid against the man discloses no criminal offence.

It is alleged that the former Agriculture Ministry engineer Hanniel Madramootoo conspired with Hassan and others to approve payments to Constantine Engineering and Construction Services, although the works were “incompetently and incorrectly” done.

The charges were laid after a Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU)