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Long-serving United Kingdom parliamentarian, David Lammy, has been selected by Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali to sit on the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Board which will be chaired by former military chief, Retired Major General Joseph Singh, the Office of the President announced on Wednesday.

Lammy, who is currently Shadow Foreign Secretary, is the son of a Guyanese mother who migrated to the United Kingdom as part of the 1948-1971 Windrush Generation.

Also sitting on the NRF Board to help manage Guyana’s oil revenues is Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Carolyn Rodrigues who is also a former Guyana Foreign Minister.

Other members are private sector representative, well-known city business executive Ramesh Dookhoo and former People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) executive member, former bauxite industry executive Dunstan Barrow.

Nominees by the opposition A Partnership for National Unity and its coalition partner, Alliance For Change, for the parliamentary representative had been all rejected by the governing People’s Progressive Party Civic in favour of Mr. Barrow.

The NRF Board Chairman served the Guyana Defence Force from 1965 until his retirement as Chief-of-Staff in 2000. He then went on to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, Executive Director of Conservation International, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission , and Presidential Advisor.

demerarawaves.com/2022/04/20/british-parliamentarian-on-guyanas-sovereign-wealth-fund-board/

What is happening in African and Caribbean Nations?
Zanzibar hired former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to help expedite the implementation of MKUZA, its 2025 policy plan of economic growth and poverty reduction and the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change has been hired by President Samia to handle two of her administration’s key projects: the fight against Covid-19 and rebuilding Tanzania’s international reputation. Why all these now?

Banuso99:
What is happening in African and Caribbean Nations?
Zanzibar hired former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to help expedite the implementation of MKUZA, its 2025 policy plan of economic growth and poverty reduction and the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change has been hired by President Samia to handle two of her administration’s key projects: the fight against Covid-19 and rebuilding Tanzania’s international reputation. Why all these now?

I don't know about other places, but a lot of oil money is about to drop in Guyana. They're a small country with a very small population, so I think it's reasonable to have someone like that on their board (for now). It's not much different from using consultants. They need the help.

UK should find means to cash out.