After recently expressing disappointment at the Speaker of the National Assembly for not approving funds for members of the Economics Services Committee to conduct outreaches in alignment with their duties, Committee chair Shurwayne Holder has said that he will re-engage Manzoor Nadir on this subject.
Holder told Stabroek News that he and committee members have put forward requests in writing to the Speaker for these funds to be approved, but to date, these have been unsuccessful. When contacted by this newspaper, Nadir said he was unable to speak as he was in a meeting. Questions were therefore emailed to him. This newspaper decided to send the questions to the Speaker but up to press time he had not responded.