The six former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) members charged with failing to record entries for funds amounting to over $250 million in the agency’s general ledger were on Tuesday served statements in relation to the matter.
Former GRDB General Manager Jagnarine Singh, former Deputy Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture Prema Roopnarine, agricultural consultant Ricky Ramraj, business consultant Badrie Persaud, General Secretary of the Rice Producers Association and PPP/C MP Dharamkumar Seeraj and PPP/C MP Nigel Dharamlall were all read various charges at their arraignment in May before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
During a hearing on Tuesday, a Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) prosecutor
