Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Monday said that government is still working to resolve the issue of outstanding payments from the Panamanian government for rice supplied.
Although he did not go into details, Mustapha said the government has recently received some positive news from officials in Panama and he voiced his optimism that the matter would be resolved shortly.
“We are working on it. Let me be frank, I don’t want to make a commitment but we are working to resolve the matter and I am optimistic it should be resolved shortly… I heard some positive news and hopefully we can get it resolved…,” he told Stabroek News on the sidelines of the distribution of the fisherfolk cash grant at the Lusignan Community Centre Ground.
