Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh and other government officials yesterday made a pitch to a United Arab Emirates (UAE) company for investment in the agriculture sector here.
A release from the Ministry of Finance said that Singh hosted another follow-up meeting with Chandra Pratap Singh, Business Development Director and Emil Moukar-zel, Chief Operating Offi-cer of Elite Agro LLC of the UAE.
Accompanying the Finance Minister at the virtual meeting were Minis-ters of Agriculture, Zulfi-kar Mustapha and Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond along with Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Paul Cheong and other private sector representatives including David Fernandes, Head of a consortium dealing with the expansion of corn and soya-bean production and Sachin Singh who heads another private sector group dealing with the expansion of the seafood sector.