Debt-ridden City Hall has approached the government for a bailout after undertaking several Golden Jubilee projects it did not budget for.
“We took on some things, some additional burden, which we are approaching central government for assistance with. We have not received that help as yet but we are still hoping since central government knew we were doing it,” Chairman of the city council’s Finance Committee Oscar Clarke told Stabroek News yesterday.
Stabroek News has learnt that several of these projects were done as part of the