The government has tabled financial papers seeking the National Assembly’s approval of the release of $3B in contingency funds to cover fuel costs for Linden, expenses incurred by the Linden Commission of Inquiry (COI) and related committees and the salaries of Office of the President (OP) contract workers.
This was contained in three financial papers no.s 3, 4 and 5, tabled yesterday in the National Assembly. The financial papers, which are for $3,311,549,496 in supplementary expenditure, will be debated on Thursday.
Financial Paper No. 4 seeks approval for $1,174,269,023, which is described as expenditure associated with the increase in acquisition costs of fuel for the Linden Electricity Company Inc and Kwakwani Utilities Inc. ($913, 269, 023) along with expanded operations of Guyana Revenue Authority ($261 million).
With Financial Paper No. 4, the government is