{"id":26657,"date":"2025-02-20T16:03:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26657"},"modified":"2025-02-20T16:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:03:27","slug":"141-5b-approved-for-opm-to-advance-gas-to-energy-and-e-id-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/141-5b-approved-for-opm-to-advance-gas-to-energy-and-e-id-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"$141.5B Approved for OPM to Advance Gas-to-Energy and e-ID Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Delicia Janneire<\/em><br><em>February 4, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Assembly has approved $141.45 billion in budgetary allocations for the Office of the Prime Minister, paving the way for significant advancements in the Gas-to-Energy (GTE) project at Wales and the electronic identity card (e-ID) initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the total sum, $51.2 billion has been allocated for the second phase of the GTE project, which is now moving into its final construction stages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Prime Minister Mark Phillips, the main construction components, including civil works and foundational structures, are progressing, with the remaining tasks focused on assembling critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, $36.2 billion has been earmarked for the construction of a natural gas power plant and a natural gas liquid plant, while over $1 billion is designated for project consultancy services and related expenditures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The budget also includes funding for the electronic identification (e-ID) project, which has faced scrutiny over delays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project, which was contracted in March 2023, remains on schedule, with implementation expected by June 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of $1.4 billion has been allocated to further its development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With these budgetary approvals, both the GTE and e-ID projects are set to progress as part of the government\u2019s broader infrastructure and digital transformation agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Delicia JanneireFebruary 4, 2025 The National Assembly has approved $141.45 billion in budgetary allocations for the Office of the Prime Minister, paving the way for significant advancements in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,360,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-energy","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26657","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=26657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26658,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26657\/revisions\/26658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}