Information regarding any aspect of the concessions granted to foreign and/or local companies under the past regime is not state secret, said Finance Minister, Winston Jordan.

Jordan said that the media and any member of the public for that matter have a right to know how the nation has benefitted in this regard. He reiterated that data on such subjects should not be treated as a “state secret.”The Finance Minister said, “I have said it before and I will say it again, the public and the media have a right to know what is going on in the country.“It is reasonable for taxpayers to want to know what the government of the day is doing in various sectors. It is even more reasonable for them to question how members within various sectors are operating and operated during a certain period.”(Kaieteurnews.com/photo: kaieteurnews.com)…[+]