THE National Industrial and Commercial Investments Ltd. (NICIL) has said it “has absolutely no connection”, financial or otherwise, with neither the construction of the proposed Specialty Hospital, nor the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

The following is the full text of a statement it issued Friday refuting the allegations:
“The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Ltd. (NICIL) has absolutely no connection with the development projects for the construction of a Specialty Hospital and the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
“ NICIL wishes to state that the allegations published in the Kaieteur News (Saturday 7th June, 2014) attributed to the leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC), Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan, and the leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Mr. David Granger, that NICIL is paying the contractors constructing the Specialty Hospital and the CJIA expansion project are entirely false and completely irresponsible.
“NICIL considers the statements by Mr. Ramjattan, as disclosed by Kaieteur News, as dishonest, reckless and highly irresponsible.”