APNU demands release of Berbice Bridge agreements

(Kaieteur News) – The agreements governing the financing, ownership and eventual acquisition of the Berbice River Bridge should be made public, Member of Parliament for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Dr. Terrence Campbell, said on Friday.

Responding to questions from the media about the process and agreements under which the bridge was financed and subsequently sold back to the Government, as well as whether the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) recouped its investment, Campbell said the lack of publicly available agreements makes it difficult to determine what returns the NIS received.

“We can’t even tell because the agreements made have not—the agreements signed, if any, have not been made public. The Berbice River Bridge was a massive heist by cronies of the PPP government,” he said.