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Sweeping changes as state boards named…Jordan to chair NICIL; Lucas at GRA
Government has named Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, to chair the controversial National Investment and Commercial Investment Ltd. (NICIL), the state-owned company which had overseen a number of large scale investments across the country.
Economist/columnist, Rawle Lucas, was also picked to chair the Guyana Revenue Authority.
The names were published recently in the Official Gazette of Guyana.
Below are the names of the Chairpersons and the Boards of the state companies:
National Procurement and Tender Administration Board – Chairman, Claude Brooks
National Drainage and Irrigation Authority- Chairman, John Piggott
The Privatisation Board- Chairman, Minister Winston Jordan
Property Holdings Inc.- Chairman, Hughley Nelson
Bureau of Statistics –Chairman, Winston Jordan
Guyana Oil Company Limited- Chairman, Lance Carberry
Atlantic Hotel Inc. (AHI)- Chairperson, Beverley Harper
National Insurance Scheme- Chairman, Dr. Surendra Persaud
The Lottery Control Commission- Chairman, Minister Raphael Trotman
Guyana Office For Investment – Chairman, Minister Dominic Gaskin
Guyana Sugar Corporation- Chairman, Dr. Clive Thomas
Skeldon Electricity Inc.- Chairman, Lloyd Rose
Guyana Securities Council- Chairman, Keith Cholmondeley
Customs Tariff Tribunal –Chairman, Sattaur Gafoor
Investment Promotion Council- Chairman, Derrick Cummings
Guyana National Shipping Corporation- Chairman, Keith Cholmondeley
Bank of Guyana- Chairman, Dr. Gobind Ganga
Income Tax Board Review- Chairman, Basil Joseph
VAT Appeal Tribunal- Chairperson, Tracey Gibson
Dependents’ Pension Fund – Chairman, Colonel Jawahar Persaud
Guyana Marketing Corporation- Chairperson, Michelle Johnson
Guyana Livestock Development Authority –Chairman, Patrick De Groot
Mahaica-Mahaicony-Abary Agricultural Development Authority- Chairman, Dr. Kenneth Sealey
National Agriculture Research & Extension Institute –Chairman, Major General (Ret’d) Joe Singh
Guyana School of Agriculture – Chairman, Olato Sam
Pesticides and Toxic Chemical Control Board- Chairman, Dr. Leslie Munroe
Mards Rice Milling Complex- Chairman, Abel Seetaram
Hope Coconut Industries Limited- Chairman, Dr. Iamei Omwati
Guyana Fisheries Limited – Chairman, Dr. Reuben Charles
National Cane Farming Committee- Chairman, Roy Hanoman
Fisheries Advisory Committee- Chairman, Reuben Charles
Veterinary Board of Guyana- Chairman, Dr. Colbert Bowen
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