Government is seeking $2.6B in extra provisions including $500M for the Amerindian Development Fund and $209M for severance payments to former Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Diamond estate workers as well as $200M for a housing fund for teachers.
Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday tabled in the National Assembly, Financial Papers No.3/2011 and No. 4/2011. Singh is asking the House to approve the spending of $2 647 427 033,