Probe EFCL spending

Gopeesingh claimed there are gross irregularities in the award of contracts by the EFCL that sugests rank corruption through bid-rigging and insider trading. He said there were also issues with the Central Tenders Committee that have undermined the role of the executive and breached official regulations and procedures outlined in the State Enterprises Performance Monitoring Manual.

Gopeesingh alleged that people within the EFCL were major general election campaign operatives for a sitting Cabinet member. He said this was clearly a case of jobs for PNM “party hacks”, who in turn, award contracts to the “boys”.