The Auditor General’s report up to 2011 did not reflect any irregularities in the now suspended multi-billion dollar fibre-optic cable project, according to Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Carl Greenidge, who says there is no basis to blame the committee for not flagging problems before.
“The AG’s report devoted, in each of the three years, descriptive paragraphs which were largely repetitive and in no case suggested that there was anything untoward as regards the contracts awarded, arrangements for payments or lags in relation to output or deadlines,” Greenidge told Stabroek News.
The project has come in for sharp criticisms from the public both here and in the diaspora, the opposition, analysts and Information Technology experts, with