{"id":13709,"date":"2023-11-09T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13709"},"modified":"2023-11-09T14:18:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T14:18:02","slug":"attorney-general-addresses-contract-award-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/attorney-general-addresses-contract-award-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Addresses Contract Award Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has refuted allegations of discrimination in the awarding of contracts for government projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during his weekly program, &#8216;Issues in the News,&#8217; Nandlall addressed assertions that contracts were predominantly being granted to businesses affiliated with one ethnic group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that the government is committed to the holistic development of the country and does not favor any specific ethnic group when awarding contracts. Nandlall stated, &#8220;Every single community is touched, so where is the discrimination.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to concerns about the allocation of road contracts to communities associated with the PPP party or a particular ethnic group, Nandlall emphasized that the contracts for over 300 roads on the East Coast and East Bank of Demerara are part of the government&#8217;s pledge to enhance infrastructure nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged patience from the public, highlighting that equitable development will reach every community, even though it may be staged due to logistical constraints. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the broader transformation of communities across the country, Nandlall also announced plans for the renovation of several community grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General&#8217;s remarks come in response to concerns about the distribution of government contracts and reaffirm the commitment to inclusive development in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Reported by Josiah Williams for NCN News<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has refuted allegations of discrimination in the awarding of contracts for government projects. Speaking during his weekly program, &#8216;Issues in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13710,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13709\/revisions\/13710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}