By Jared Liddell
THE six-member board of the Cheddi Jagan international Airport (CJIA) headed by prominent attorney, Sanjeev Datadin, was, on Tuesday, formally installed by Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill, who charged the new team to transform the country’s leading port of entry.

The members of the board are Sanjeev Datadin (chairman), Savitree Singh-Sharma, David Ramdehol, Dr. Amarnauth Dukhi, Dawn Ellis and Sean Richmond.
Minister Edghill urged the new board to improve services at the CJIA and suggested the implementation of specific systems such as cellphone and car rentals for visitors as these would significantly enhance visitors’ experience in Guyana.

Inefficiency, he said, must never be a word associated with the CJIA, and all persons accessing the airport must experience the highest quality of service.
The minister also underscored the need to strengthen security at the CJIA, stressing that illicit drugs must not be allowed to pass in or out of Guyana.
The complete development of the CJIA, he said, must be one of the main priorities for the new board members.
“Improve on what you already have and build on it. As your minister responsible for aviation, I’m open to you, open to engage you to ensure that you have adequate policy direction. I am available to ensure that matters that have to be resolved that we have expeditious decision making because oftentimes it’s not just the decision but the timeliness of that decision that really matters,” said Edghill.

Chairman Datadin said the newly-appointed board intends to improve services at the airport to allow visitors’ experience to be pleasant.
Top of the agenda for the new board, he said, was the review of the COVID-19 preventative systems for protection of all persons utilising the CJIA to travel to and from Guyana.
Datadin noted that a key priority now is to ensure the safety of not just the passengers but workers of the CJIA and, by extension, the entire country as a whole.
Stringent measures, he said will be taken to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.