Following three hours of examination, the Committee of Supply yesterday approved the $7.2 billion budget for Region Four (Demerara/Mahaica).
The Regional Administration, led by Chairperson Genevieve Allen and Regional Executive Officer Pauline Lucas, is set to use the approved sum for execution of five programmes: Regional Administration, Agriculture, Infrastruc-ture, Education Delivery and Health Services.
Though the sums were passed unopposed, the consideration of the estimates was at times fraught with conflict as members of the opposition benches grilled Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan on the planned expenditure.
