Auditor General stands by report
The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) yesterday said it wished to address and clarify several “unwarranted claims” published in the Stabroek News on October 11, 2024, regarding the Belle Vue Pump Station project.
A release from the NDIA said that the article stressed that “The Auditor General’s Report for 2023 says $160.8 million was paid to the firm headed by Mikhail Rodrigues known as `Guyanese Critic’ for the Belle Vue Pump Station works but up to August 14, 2024, no works were in progress at the time of the visit of the auditors.”
The NDIA said that as stipulated in the contract, the effective commencement date for the construction of the pump station was February 6, 2024.