The reshuffling of the members of a number of State boards has been met with objections by road contractors, as calls are being made for the Government to conduct thorough investigations of some of the new appointees.Last month,http://www.soccerpro.us.com/AC-Milan-FC/, the Government of Guyana had appointed several new heads to various State boards. These appointments would also affect the membership of those who sit at the individual state bodies.In a recent interview with Kaieteur News, one concerned contractor voiced his apprehension and overall distrust of the proposal to appoint one particular officer to be a member of the Tender Board Procurement Committee.Under the agreement of anonymity,David Njoku Jersey, the contractor related instances whereby the character of the proposed committee member is marred by a less than flattering and honest past.From as far back as 2000, the contractor related instances whereby the Board member did not honour contractual agreements. The Committee Member, according to the contractor,Jerseys From China, had also delayed a number of payments,NFL Jerseys China, cancelled projects which were already agreed upon, did not repay loans and inflated project costs.At the time the said member was working under the then Ministry of Public Works as head of a strategic department.The contractor went on to say that the official continued to be inconsistent with business agreements, as recent as 2012, which extended to the construction of the Timerhi and East Coast Demerara four lane roads. This ultimately resulted in the contractor being forced to discontinue his services on both projects.Furthermore, the contractor expressed his reservations that should the appointment of such personnel continue at such high levels of state agencies,Cheap NFL Jerseys, then it would result in a regression of infrastructure and governance in the country.He posited that should such personnel preside over these state bodies, then contractors and the public will fall back to the old habits of biased and unfair decision making which plagued the previous People’s Progressive Party/Civic administration.To this end, the contractor reaffirmed his call for the new coalesced A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) administration, to thoroughly investigate the background and records of those proposed to be members of the Tender Board Procurement Committee.“I am calling for the government to have a thorough investigation of those they have appointed, even if it’s done with a polygraph test. We don’t want a repeat of what happened under the PPP,” said the contractor.When contacted, the alleged committee member denied directly interfering with the agreement between the road contractor and public road works. He explained that under the then Ministry of Public Works,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, the road contractor’s agreement would have been terminated by the Ministry due to “poor performance”.However, in relation to his appointment, the official said that he has not received any documentation to confirm that he has in fact been appointed to the Tender Board Procurement Committee, “except for reports in the newspapers”.
