Dear Editor,
I have noted in the local media and social networks, reference being made to my employment and salary at the Office of the President.
For the information of the public, my portfolio spans a wide spectrum of disciplines including natural resources management, integrated planning, issues of strategic interest and climate related matters.
I am not the national security advisor although I do make available my advice when such is requested.
For clarification, the salary paid to me and quoted in the media as laid before Parliament, is reflective of a gross salary. One-third (1/3) of this is deducted at source and paid over to the Commissioner of the Guyana Revenue Authority.
Finally, given my interim appointment as Chief Executive Officer (ag) of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company at the request of the parent company, Atlantic Tele Network, I have taken a personal decision to forego a monthly salary from the Office of the President for the duration of my stint at the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Yours faithfully,
Joseph G Singh
Major General (rtd)
