Ministry of Natural Resources refutes Jagdeo’s claim of Government not keeping Guyanese informed of developments in oil and gas sector
The Ministry of Natural Resources refutes statements made by Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo purporting that the Government is not informing the Guyanese public of developments in the oil and gas sector. Nothing could be further from the truth. There is evidence that the Government, through the Ministry of…
inistry of Natural Resources (MNR) as it is known was established on December 17, 2011 as the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MNRE) with a primary focus of harmonizing policy and management in the Natural resources-based sectors. However, following the appointment of the new Government in May 2015, the institutional structure of the MNRE changed and it became a Department of Natural Resources and Environment under the purview of the Ministry of Presidency. A second change occurred on January 18, 2016 which saw the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment transformed to into the Ministry of Natural Resources.