NICIL’s CEO willing to debate Ramjattan on TV

May 15, 2012 News

Chief Executive Officer of the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington says that he is prepared to discuss any fact relating to NICIL, including all statements made by Mr. Ramjattan in the public arena.
In a statement issued by the Government Information Agency, Brassington said that he is also prepared to discuss any fact relating to

Winston Brassington

privatization and more importantly, the integrity of any transaction, including any transaction or statement in the media by Mr. Ramjattan and the individual filings with the Integrity Commission.
For many months, the CEO of NICIL has sought to refrain from responding to the many dishonest and unsubstantiated reports of Kaieteur News and Mr. Ramjattan, GINA stated. These attacks suggest that Mr. Ramjattan prefers to act in a cowardly manner rather than confront these issues by face to face dialogue or in the Parliament, it added.
“Therefore, if Mr. Ramjattan is interested in the truth, then a press interview on television is proposed, where both the CEO of NICIL and Mr. Ramjattan can ask questions. The date, venue and moderator can be jointly agreed,” Brassington said.
“NICIL has paid to the Consolidated Fund over G$9B in dividends since 2002. In recent weeks, Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan of the Alliance For Change has made a number of attacks on NICIL and its Executive Director Winston Brassington.
“The attacks on NICIL’s, CEO remain unsubstantiated. Mr. Ramjattan continues to attack without producing any shred of information, GINA stated.
The Kaieteur News’ headline of May 14 again seeks by innuendo to attack the integrity of the CEO, it added.

Khemraj Ramjattan

“The Auditor General is the auditor of NICIL, as set out in the law. NICIL as a company has had its audit completed to the end of 2010. NICIL as a group has had its audit completed to the end of 2005. The annual report for 2004 for NICIL has been laid in Parliament.
“ Additionally, NICIL has sought to lay in Parliament the audited accounts of its subsidiaries as soon as these are available; in the last two years, over 80 sets of annual reports/audited accounts related to NICIL’s subsidiaries have been laid over to Parliament by the Minister of Finance,” GINA stated.