PM says ‘finished’ with Linden TV licence grant

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday said that he was “finished” as it relates to the granting of a television licence to the mining town of Linden and referred all questions to Sharma Solomon and the board of Region Ten Broadcasting Inc (RTBI).

“I wouldn’t comment on that; ask the Linden committee,” Nagamootoo said when approached on the issue by Stabroek News on the outskirts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Heads of Mission Conference at the Pegasus Hotel yesterday. “There is a board and they met outside of me. I cannot interfere in the affairs of the board…ask Mr Sharma and company,” the Prime Minister added.

The meeting the Prime Minister was referring to was held last Friday and was