Tobago oil spill has implications for Guyana – AFC

Sherod Duncan (right) with the Chief Secretary of Tobago, Farley Augustine at one of the sites contaminated by the spill

The Alliance For Change (AFC) is greatly concerned about the oil spill off the coast of Tobago and its implications for this country.

In a release yesterday, the AFC stressed that it takes Guyana’s nascent oil sector very seriously and said that it was less than impressed with the stewardship of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the nation’s patrimony, stating, “The EPA is now a shadow of its former self.” 

The AFC said that the oil spill off Tobago’s coast is of interest to the party on many fronts. The release informed that in an effort to get a first-hand view of the situation, the AFC dispatched its General Secretary, Sherod Duncan to the location.