President David Granger had expressed his desire to rename the airport in honour of the Guyana’s first Minister of Communications, Shipping and Aviation, the late Eugene Correia.

Ogle Airport

However, this suggestion by the President has been met with much resistance from some stakeholders at the airport, who believe that that the President’s suggestion is unfair.

The PSC in a statement issued on Tuesday noted that the renaming of the airport in favour of a former public official of the same name as that of the Chairman of the Ogle Airport Inc. “will add to the already filled vessel of complaints regarding anti-competitive behavior of the Board of Ogle Airport Inc. (one and the same with a company operating at the Airport in direct competition with nine (9) other operators.)”

According to the statement, “These operators publicly and privately expressed their opposition and dissatisfaction with the re-naming of the airport.

“We urge the Government to consider carefully the views of the majority of operators at Ogle Airport in the interest of all concerned and to complete the promised audit and review.”

The President had expressed disappointment with stakeholders at the Ogle Airport in what he termed the placement of personality over nationality in renaming the airport.

The President noted on “The Public Interest” that controversy arose, “not because of the character of Mr Correia, but because of the small-mindedness of some persons who know nothing about Correia.”

He termed the issue “very disturbing.”