Christopher Ram, Moses Nagamootoo beneficiaries of NICIL monies
– Brassington urges opposition to prove corruption charges
BY MICHAEL YOUNGE
National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Executive Director Winston Brassington has disclosed that opposition personalities Christopher Ram and Moses Nagamootoo have benefited from millions of dollars of the company’s monies paid to them as fees for professional services undertaken.
Brassington made the disclosure during an exclusive interview with Guyana Times on Saturday at its Camp and Quamina streets headquarters.
He said that there are several other personalities within the opposition, including the Alliance For Change (AFC), who have worked with NICIL and its subsidiaries at some point or the other, while benefiting from fees paid.
“These are the same persons that seek to criticise the government and NICIL about corruption and secret deals… some of these same persons are the recipients of fees paid for services done,” Brassington revealed.
He could not comprehend how persons could be behind closed doors and benefit in a financial manner from an entity that they believe or allege condones corruption, and is so heavily mismanaged.
The executive director explained that one would have expected that these public officials would have declared their associations with the entities in the public limelight before they sought to either lecture the entity or government about accountability and transparency when they put on their political caps or independent commentator headdresses.