As a sitting of the National Assembly is scheduled for Monday, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh on Friday confirmed that the Supplementary Financial Paper Number 1 of 2026 totalling $54.9 billion will be up for consideration.

Dr Singh indicated that the Financial Paper includes critical payments for key development programmes and initiatives.

Under the Financial Paper, supplementary provisions to be considered under the Ministry of Agriculture comprise $8.3 billion, including $3 billion for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), within which is a provision for retroactive payments to workers at the entity. It also includes $807.5 million for the Guyana Rice Development Board and $4.5 billion for the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA).