The Board of Directors of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) was appointed by President David Granger, as opposed to the Prime Minister, and is therefore legally constituted, according to Chairman Leslie Sobers.
Section 4 (2) of the Broadcasting Act 2011 provides that all members of the board must be appointed by the President. However, a Government Notice in the Official Gazette, dated Thursday February 16th, 2017, suggested that it was the Prime Minister who made the appointments.
The Notice states that “Cabinet considered the abovementioned memorandum CP (2017)2:2:L submitted by the Prime Minister and approved the appointment of the Board of Directors of the following in the entity in the Prime Minister Sector, for a period of two (2) years with effect from February 1, 2017 to January 31, 20119.”
