President David Granger’s Public Information and Press Services Officer Lloyda Nicholas-Garrett who has been accused of uttering a racial slur is once again at his side while he attends the 72nd Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Sources within the Ministry of the Presidency have confirmed to Stabroek News that Nicholas-Garrett is who presently the subject of an investigation travelled with the Presidential delegation.
Opposition Member of Parliament Nigel Dharamlall last Tuesday shared on his Facebook page screenshots of a private Facebook conversation between the officer and friends. In one of the screenshots Nicholas-Garrett allegedly used a racially derogatory term to describe staff at the Ministry of the Presidency.