Following IDPADA-G’s move to the Court to order government to pay the remainder of allocated funds for 2022 to the organization, the Attorney General’s Chambers has asked it for a breakdown of specific expenditures over a four-year period.
The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) is the local group established for observances of the United Nations-declared celebration. Funds allotted to it have recently become the subject of controversy between it and the PPP/C government.
“We are of the considered view that the Fixed Date Application is inadequately particularized and the Affidavits in Support thereof do not disclose the relevant supporting documents to enable us to advance a full defence to the Fixed Date Application,” a letter to Attorney for IDPADA-G, Nigel Hughes, from the Attorney General, Anil Nandlall SC stated.