On February 4, 2012, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly held its weekly meeting examining the accounts of Region Four as contained in the Auditor General’s Report of 2010 and 2011.
In the Kaieteur News report on the following day, it was reported that one of three vehicles used to illegally uplift fuel from GuyOil in December 2011, was linked to the then Deputy Regional Executive Officer, Ashford Ambedkar.
However, the PAC is contending that such a disclosure was not made during the meeting.
Rather what was said was that Mr. Ambedkar’s purported signature appeared on a number of documents authorizing the fuel to be collected. He reportedly denied the signatures were his.
As such, Kaieteur News unreservedly apologise to Mr. Ambedkar for any inconvenience this slip may have caused.