Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, in his closing presentation on the 2024 budget debate on Friday said that the APNU+AFC owes the people an explanation as to why they ended legal proceedings against Booker Tate in relation to the Skeldon Estate when they came into government.
Wrapping up five days of debate in the National Assembly at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Singh noted that the opposition liked to cite the Skeldon Estate in presentations. However, he added, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo recently provided a “detailed explanation” pointing out that Booker Tate, a then world-class company, was contracted to be responsible for designing and supervising the construction of the Skeldon sugar factory.
