I was in Berbice last week to conduct a workshop/ seminar on procurement. On Wednesday evening after dinner, I retired to my room and turned on the television. There was the Leader of the Opposition holding a press conference. He was commenting on the statement I had made two weeks ago in our Accountability Watch column (and reproduced by the Kaieteur News) that an estimated 15% -20% is lost every year through various leakages in our public procurement systems.
