Former Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Leslie Sobers has defended the decision to simultaneously act as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the agency alongside another Board member since 2017 and to be paid separate salaries and Board stipend allowances for both posts.
Sobers told Stabroek News that it was the board of the GNBA, when it was formed in 2017, that decided on interim management while they looked for a CEO and a decision was taken that he and the board member, Aretha Campbell, act in the meantime. The duo acted in the capacity from that time until the board was dissolved last week.
The actions has left Attorney General Anil Nandlall aghast at what he called “double dipping”, saying that the board should have long appointed a CEO to manage the agency instead of paying two of its Board members to do the job.
