Jordan denies lying about signing bonus

As he closed the 2018 budget debate yesterday, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan denied lying about the signing bonus from ExxonMobil, while saying that he hadn’t been asked precise questions.

Jordan took issue with reports surrounding the signing bonus received by the APNU+AFC from US oil company ExxonMobil.

Stabroek News had reported yesterday that government had directed the Governor of the Bank of Guyana Dr Gobind Ganga to open an account for the signing bonus. This was confirmed by Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday.

Jordan admitted that he was