Claims by Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud that Region Eight Chairman Mark Crawford and other regional councillors were included in the preparation of the region’s budget were refuted by Crawford who said that neither he nor any of the other councillors had any “part to play in the regional budget submission.”
In a letter carried in Thursday’s Stabroek News, Crawford said that Alliance For Change (AFC) Vice-Chairman Moses Nagamootoo, during the consideration of the budget estimates,