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September 22 ,2020

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The newly reconstituted Office of the President will have a $1.74 billion allocation to implement its current and capital programme for the last quarter of 2020.

The sum which includes  $1.09 billion in current expenditure and $369 million in capital expenses was approved following several hours of consideration. 

During the consideration of the agency estimates in the Committee of Supply, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira revealed that her government will be spending  $95 million over the next three months to purchase vehicles for the President and several Ministers of government.

Asked by the former Minster of Public Infrastructure David Patterson to state the number of vehicles and the process of procurement, Teixeira said she could not do so. 

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Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira revealed that her government will be spending  $95 million over the next three months to purchase vehicles for the President and several Ministers of government.



Approximately US$475 ,000 for new vehicles .What happened to all the vehicles the previous government purchased ? it's only five years.

Django
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@Django posted:

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira revealed that her government will be spending  $95 million over the next three months to purchase vehicles for the President and several Ministers of government.



Approximately US$475 ,000 for new vehicles .What happened to all the vehicles the previous government purchased ? it's only five years.

The previous government stole it. The police are afraid to repossess the vehicles because the PNC supporters might protest and cause disturbances.

R
@Ramakant-P posted:

The previous government stole it. The police are afraid to repossess the vehicles because the PNC supporters might protest and cause disturbances.

Why the *&^% would they need new vehicles? Nowhere has it been reported that the coalition kept those vehicles. 

Why cant the PPP come clean, produce the vehicles and auction them off or something?

If the vehicles are only 5 years old, they should be in good condition...is this the effect of the Pradoville mentality???

V
@VishMahabir posted:

Why the *&^% would they need new vehicles? Nowhere has it been reported that the coalition kept those vehicles. 

Why cant the PPP come clean, produce the vehicles and auction them off or something?

If the vehicles are only 5 years old, they should be in good condition...is this the effect of the Pradoville mentality???

They gonna pass dem down at fire sale prices to their relatives and cronies.  I change my vehicles after 3 years for tax purposes.  

Mitwah
@Django posted:

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira revealed that her government will be spending  $95 million over the next three months to purchase vehicles for the President and several Ministers of government.



Approximately US$475 ,000 for new vehicles .What happened to all the vehicles the previous government purchased ? it's only five years.

Why did Naga get a new Toyota? Is it ok for the PNC to get new vehicles and not the PPP? Good thing PNC lost.

FM
@VishMahabir posted:

Why the *&^% would they need new vehicles? Nowhere has it been reported that the coalition kept those vehicles. 

Why cant the PPP come clean, produce the vehicles and auction them off or something?

If the vehicles are only 5 years old, they should be in good condition...is this the effect of the Pradoville mentality???

Dem a tief  bad bad...PPP thieves are at it again.  Don't blame me , I supported the Coalition Party.

T
@VishMahabir posted:

If the vehicles are only 5 years old, they should be in good condition...is this the effect of the Pradoville mentality???

Indeed they should be in good condition; since it appears that all vehicles were new for the then PNCR/APNU/AFC government members.

However, from the available reports it seems that most, if not all, of the vehicles not in suitable conditions.

More information should be available as the matter continues.

FM

$22M to be spent on new vehicle for Prime Minister

, Source - https://www.inewsguyana.com/22...-for-prime-minister/

[www.inewsguyana.com] – The APNU+AFC government is seeking to spend $22 million to purchase a four-wheel drive Sports Utility Vehicle for Prime Minister Nagamootoo.

According to GINA, this vehicle would be used for travelling to rural and Hinterland areas. During consideration of the 2015 budget estimates, it was revealed that in the 2014 budget, $23 million was allocated by the PPP government to purchase a high-end Land Cruiser for then Prime Minister Samuel Hinds but he never got the vehicle.

The disclosure was made by Nagamootoo, during the examination of the 2015 estimates. It was disclosed that the $23 million was spent by former Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh on a Land Cruiser and other vehicles and that the Office of the Prime Minister was used merely as a “parking lot for the multi-million money-bag”.

It was explained that the $23 million was transferred to the Ministry of Finance and used to buy “one of several elite vehicles that were at the disposal of Minister Singh and not the then Prime Minister”.

From the sum of $23 million, $18.2 million was used by the Ministry of Finance to acquire a new Toyota Land Cruiser and the balance spent on purchasing a Toyota Corolla car and a Toyota Surf. The three vehicles, which were never handed over to the Office of the Prime Minister have since been recovered.

Because the vehicles were never added to the fleet for the Office of the Prime Minister, an allocation of $22 million is now being sought to buy a four-wheel drive Sports Utility Vehicle for Prime Minister Nagamootoo.

It was revealed to the House that, between 2012 and 2014, some $50 million was voted by the PPP regime to buy vehicles for the Office of the Prime Minister but when it demitted office, only eight old reconditioned vehicles were recovered.

Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo

FM
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