| The production inquiry into the East Demerara sugar estates yesterday began with Chairman of the committee, Vic Oditt, expressing optimism that the investigation will determine the cause of the sudden decrease in output.The GuySuCo production inquiry team yesterday.Speaking to the media just before the first meeting of the investigating team, Oditt said that the inquiry will seek to determine the real reason for the poor results in field operation at the estates.Commenting on the Enmore estate, the former chairman of the Guyana Sugar Corporation Board of Directors said that it is well known that the estate is capable of producing ‘much better results’ than it has in recent years.“As recently as five years ago, Enmore especially was one of our star performers and it is necessary to find out what has happened in the last four years at the East Demerara estate to reach the stage it is at right now,Wholesale China Jerseys,” Oditt said.According to Oditt, the team is conducting the inquiry without any ‘preconceived’ notions. He said that the team is not there to cast blame on anyone or group.“It is going to be a very interesting exercise because we have both management and union representatives on the committee…and it would be interesting to see how they interact with each other and how we put our heads together to identify the issues surrounding the cause of this inquiry,Jerseys From China,” Oditt said.Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Dindyal Permaul, told the media that the main objective of the inquiry is to review all aspects of field operations in GuySuCo’s East Demerara estates.Whatever findings are made, Dr. Premaul said, will be presented to the government,Cheap Jerseys, who will be the best judge of how the company proceed.“We are interested in reviving production on the estates and this scenario is one where we are not doing as well as we should have been doing.”When challenged about the findings being presented to Government for a way forward instead of to the company’s board of directors, Dr. Premaul said that Government appoints the board of directors and is the largest stakeholder in the industry.He nonetheless noted that he is sure that the findings will also be presented to the board of directors, justifying that there is no disconnect between the board and Government.Last Friday, during a tour of some of the East Demerara estates, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, announced that a production inquiry will be conducted into the estates.According to Persaud, it is time for ‘urgent action’ since it is very devastating if Guyana is going to constantly fail to meet targets in the industry.He said that while he is being told that work is being conducted and corrective measures are being put in place at the East Demerara estates,China Jerseys Cheap, the production is still lacking.As such, a five member team chaired by Vic Oditt was set up to deal with the investigation.Other members of the team are Aslim Singh, Abraham Nagamoottoo, Nandalall Harriprashad and Rollingston.The inquiry committee has five weeks to conduct their investigations.The review that will be conduced will examine land preparation, sugar cane agronomy, use of field machines and equipment, cane transport,Cheap MLB Jerseys, use of fertilizers and maintenance of field infrastructure.At the same time, Cabinet has intervened to ascertain the lagging production within the Guyana Sugar Corporation and has ordered a financial and production review of the company. This review is independent of the production inquiry.Over the years, GuySuCo has consistently reviewed its production targets, including this year’s, and among the many excuses proffered are far reaching strikes, weather,Wholesale Jerseys USA, loss of opportunity as well as the consistent delay of the start and sustained operations of the Skeldon Factory. |
