The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) is refuting claims that it engaged in the practice of directing companies awarded project contracts to purchase pumps or other materials and equipment from a particular source.
The company’s refutation is in response to an online post dated February 8, 2022, made by a “small” political party, which the NDIA did not name.
The authority said that it is committed to its mandate to deliver quality drainage and irrigation services to farming communities across the country, and has indeed, been working with various contractors and consultants to ensure drainage and irrigation works are executed to a specified standard across the country. It said these standards are in place to ensure beneficiaries of these interventions receive the most benefit and taxpayers’ dollars are used sensibly.
The NDIA said some contractors made recommendations to procure pumps from the Morrison Pump Company. In an effort to ensure this manufacturer was an experienced and authentic supplier of drainage pumps, it engaged the Guyana Consulate in Florida. It was later revelated that the company in question was not defunct but was an active unit of Patterson Pump Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gorman-Rupp companies.
The drainage and irrigation service provider said that this check was all it did, and that it never directed contract awardees to source materials from the company abroad.
So name the small party.
There are many of these parties yapping and yipping, with no clue how to balance their household budgets. But they want power