President Irfaan Ali said that his government’s flagship gas-to-energy project was not highlighted at his Tuesday 5:30 am meeting with officials over delayed infrastructure projects as it is currently at arbitration but the government is forging ahead with ensuring that electricity tariffs are cut by 50% even before the project’s turn-on date.
“The gas to shore is a major project that has many moving parts. There are some issues that are at arbitration because of implementation. …I don’t want to explore here all the challenges and missed opportunities, because as I said many of those issues are at arbitration and whatever I say can influence or not influence that process,” the President said when asked by Stabroek News why no one from the delayed project was at the Tuesday meeting.
