Skeldon factory most productive countrywide
- Agriculture Ministry

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud in responding to media reports about the non-functioning of the Skeldon Sugar factory, acknowledged that while there are difficulties, especially with the design and construction, because of  “hard” negotiations, a sum of money has been retained ensuring that outstanding deficiencies are remedied.
            He said that not withstanding the difficulties, it is the most productive factory in the country, and challenged persons to observe the efforts made to have it functioning at maximum efficiency, and that all Guyanese should be proud of its progress.
            Minister Persaud added that while critics are of the view that it is at a standstill, “the factory was the only functional one when we had the strike and the only one being the most productive across the country.”
The US$185M flagship state-of-the-art Skeldon sugar factory which was commissioned by President Bharrat Jagdeo on August 22, was conceived in 1998 as part of the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuco’s) strategic review.
The Skeldon factory was constructed with a combination of self-generated funds and loans from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the People’s Republic of China and the Government of Guyana.