Nand Persaud signs $40M deal with UG for soil testing facility

Nand Persaud (right) speaking at the UG forum (Department of Public Information photo)

Rice producer Nand Persaud Group of Companies (NPGC) has signed a $40 million Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Guyana (UG) to construct a soil testing facility at the university’s Tain, Corentyne, Berbice campus

Signing at a ceremony last Thursday on behalf of NPGC was Chief Executive Officer Rajendra Persaud while UG’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith signed on behalf of the University.

According to a Department of Public Information report, the ceremony was held at the tenth session of Turkeyen and Tain Talks, at the Pegasus Hotel.

Persaud was reported as saying that