Singh says GMC services to be decentralised

The services of the Guyana Marketing Corporation, which offers a market place for local agro processing businesses, will be decentralised with the planned creation of new shops across four regions, according to Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh.

The new agribusinesses incubators will be housed at Parika, in Region Three, Fort Wellington in Region Five, St. Ignatius in Region Nine and Watooka in Region 10, Singh disclosed in his budget presentation on Wednesday

According to Singh, the Sophia, Parika and Mabaruma agro-processing and packaging facilities will also be upgraded at a cost of $96.5 million.