From its inception, the Skeldon sugar modernisation project proved to be an enormous financial burden on GuySuCo and the government ignored advice from the company’s manager, Booker Tate to fire controversial Chinese contractor, CNTIC, according to the report of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the industry.
The Chinese-built Skeldon factory has been seen as a major millstone around the industry and there have long been questions about the wisdom behind the project and the choice of the contractor, China National Technology Import and Export Corporation (CNTIC).
Tabled in the National Assembly last week, the report of the CoI into the