Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson has written to Chief Executive Officer of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) Olive Sampson requesting the organisation’s financial records no later than September 5, 2022.
In a letter, dated August 31, 2022, Ramson told Sampson that the Ministry has an overarching public responsibility to ensure that public funds received by any entity are spent according to the intended objective.
“The firm position of the Ministry is that the intended objective of the public funds allocated to IDPADA-G is for the benefit and empowerment of as many Afro-Guyanese as possible. The recent disclosures, publications, and public statements have provided the basis for the Ministry to have grave concerns which require closer examination by the Ministry,” the letter stated.