AFC MP Cathy Hughes yesterday said that the ongoing investigation of financial records at the National Communications Network (NCN) has vindicated the opposition decision to cut the $82M subvention proposed for the entity in the national budget, while pointing out that it is possible that past allocations may not be properly accounted for.
“The recent disclosures show that the AFC’s position on the budget cuts on NCN has been vindicated and we feel if similar investigations were done in other agencies the results could be the same,” Hughes told Stabroek News in an invited comment.
The investigation, initiated by NCN’s board, has seen programme manager Martin Goolsarran being sent on administrative leave, after it was found that a $3.9M cheque from the