{"id":21259,"date":"2024-07-10T19:28:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T19:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21259"},"modified":"2024-07-10T19:28:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T19:28:12","slug":"vp-jagdeo-criticizes-nigel-hughes-role-amid-afcs-oil-advisory-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/vp-jagdeo-criticizes-nigel-hughes-role-amid-afcs-oil-advisory-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"VP Jagdeo Criticizes Nigel Hughes\u2019 Role Amid AFC\u2019s Oil Advisory Appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has strongly criticized Nigel Hughes, highlighting concerns over potential conflicts of interest stemming from Hughes\u2019 dual roles in Guyana\u2019s political and corporate sectors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Alliance for Change (AFC) recently appointed opposition MPs David Patterson and Dr. Vincent Adams to lead its new Oil and Gas Advisory Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a press conference, Hughes asserted that he would not participate directly in the AFC\u2019s oil and gas committee activities unless the party assumes governmental leadership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Jagdeo has challenged Hughes\u2019 attempt to redefine \u2018conflict of interest\u2019, particularly given Hughes\u2019 current representation of US oil giant ExxonMobil in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo pointed out the inherent risks, suggesting that Hughes could potentially influence AFC members in the National Assembly to support legislation favorable to his client, ExxonMobil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He criticized Hughes for what he described as a selective and self-serving interpretation of conflict of interest principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vice President emphasized that Hughes\u2019 positions raise serious questions about ethical standards and transparency within the AFC leadership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jagdeo indicated that this issue is far from resolved and called for further scrutiny into Hughes\u2019 roles and responsibilities, given the potential implications for governance and corporate influence in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Samuel Sukhnandan, NCN News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has strongly criticized Nigel Hughes, highlighting concerns over potential conflicts of interest stemming from Hughes\u2019 dual roles in Guyana\u2019s political and corporate sectors. The Alliance&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21259","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=21259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21261,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21259\/revisions\/21261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}