Minister of Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud lauded operations at the Mahdia Power and Light (MPL) plant and ordered that the board be properly constituted, at a meeting on Saturday during a visit to the Region Eight community.
Persaud and a team comprising Permanent Secretary Collin Croal and the Regional Executive Officer Ronald Harsawack held a walkabout the community to monitor its progress since the power plant had been put into operations five months ago.
In his address to the five-member board, comprising three Regional Democratic Council members and two businessmen, Persaud said that the power company was commissioned with