– tens of millions paid to Lall without public tender
The tens of millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money that have been paid by the management of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL) for the purchase of what has turned out to be a scrap-metal printing press from Mohan Lall, aka Glenn Lall, owner and publisher of the muckraking Kaieteur News, to improve the print quality of the Sunday and Guyana Chronicle newspapers appear to have gone down the drain.
According to sources inside the Chronicle, the press sold to the GNNL was expected to enable the newspapers to have a quality print that could stand out among the best newspapers in the Caribbean.
But several years later, the operations of the press leave much to be desired and management sources say a new press will soon have to be sourced.
Sources further revealed that the inferior press was sold without a public tender, and reported that Mohan Lall, aka Glenn Lall, made a “killing” from the sale of the second-hand equipment.
Information received by this newspaper revealed that a quality black and white press can be purchased for half of the millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money that was paid to Lall, who apparently duped the GNNL in the deal. Sources are calling on the relevant authorities to investigate the alleged shady transaction, from which the owner of the muckraking Kaieteur News newspaper, Mohan Lall, aka Glenn Lall, is said to have profitted hugely.
