Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder is set to get a new four-wheel drive vehicle and the City of Georgetown is to receive four mobile pumps through the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) to alleviate flooding in the city once the national budget is given parliamentary approval.
This was revealed yesterday as the budget’s current and capital estimates for the Ministry of Agriculture came under scrutiny by the Opposition Members of Parliament.
Questioned about the allocation of $17.69 million for the purchase of a vehicle under the project title, land and water transport, Holder said, the vehicle was for the use of the Minister of Agriculture as the one the minister now uses, vehicle PBB 3011, was bought as a reconditioned vehicle in 2008 and it was now becoming an embarrassment to him.
