GECOM gets funds to buy ballot boxes

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Ballot-BoxSome Gy$35.2 million was on Tuesday approved for the procurement of sensitive materials for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) as it prepared for the upcoming General and Regional Elections.

Cabinet gave its no-objection for the money to be used to secure the materials such as ballot boxes, security seals, validation seals, ballot papers; voters lists, computers, ballot paper stamps, and indelible ink. While a date for elections has not yet been announced by President Donald Ramotar, the Elections Commission has indicated that it was in a state of readiness.

Meanwhile, the University of Guyana’s Information and Communication Technology Department will be given a further boost with the granting of a Gy$34.4 million contract for the procurement of a contractor to commence work at the Institution’s Turkeyen Campus.

Cabinet Secretary, Dr Roger Luncheon made the announcement on Wednesday at his post-Cabinet media briefing. He also reported that the Tourism Ministry has been granted in excess of Gy$220 million for the construction of two call centres at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo and Enmore, East Coast Demerara.

The Ministry has also been granted an additional Gy$40 million for the procurement of a consultancy firm for the digitisation of records within its deeds and sub registries.

Dr Luncheon also announced that Cabinet gave its no-objection to a Gy$56.2 million contract for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Expansion Project which covers the relocation of the instrument landing and distant measuring systems.

He also reported the allocation of Gy$235.9 million for the construction of the extension of the maternity ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital. An additional Gy$144.1 million has been approved for a river defence at Friendship, East Bank Demerara.

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