Faced with a mounting maintenance bill for its crumbling Camp Street Headquarters, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again appealed to Cabinet for its approval of the construction of a Campus at Liliendaal.
Stabroek News understands that over the six years GRA has occupied the building it has expended a significant amount of its budget on improving its structural integrity. In fact as of January 2018 the agency has spent in excess of $1.2 billion with a further $200 million having been budgeted for other urgent works required to fix structural defects and health and safety concerns.
Further, the newspaper has been reliably informed that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) from whom the GRA is renting has requested a $10 million increase in the monthly rent. If this increase is approved GRA will be paying $15 million a month to rent a too-small building which is collapsing and possibly putting staff at risk.
