Officials at the office of Friendly Societies will be meeting with the executives of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) next Tuesday with the aim of resolving the dilemma that has been facing that body for the past two years, according to Registrar Kareem Jabar.
According to Jabar yesterday, in a brief telephone statement, a lot of things have been levelled at the institution and next Tuesday’s meeting will be aimed at bringing closure. He indicated that the review of the GCB’s entire operations has been completed and after the meeting the onus will be on the executive body of the scandal-plagued organisation to move ahead and hold elections and institute other plans that may be in the pipelines.
Jabar also stressed that he cannot say anything on the findings of the report that was submitted by Mr. Foster until he meets with the divided GCB executive.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Labour, Human Services & Social Security had met with the executives of the GCB on February 8 to outline the procedures and other requirements that must be met before the Registrar of Friendly Societies could give clearance for the holding of its Annual General Meeting (AGM).
The Registrar had to be satisfied with the Audit Report of the society (in this case the GCB) before this report is released and the Annual General Meeting held. The AGM cannot legally be held without the Registrar releasing the Audit Report.
There have been widespread allegations and speculation about mismanagement in relation to the GCB. The recent Audit Report, while not pointing to any fraudulent activity or mismanagement, had raised “several concerns” which in the opinion of the Registrar had to be addressed before he releases the report to facilitate the AGM.
It was against this background that a decision had been taken to have a full enquiry into the Board’s operation.
