The Head of the Government’s One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) Project,Sesh SukhdeoSesh Sukhdeo, has resigned, an official said yesterday, but sources have told Kaieteur News that he risked being fired if he did not.Sukhdeo was not available for comment yesterday, and the OLPF office had no further information to give.The government was always hesitant to name Sukhdeo as head of the OLPF project, insisting on his designation as Senior Project Manager. However, on the online professional network ‘Linkedin’, Sukhdeo names himself as the Chief Executive Officer of the OLPF project.Public Relations Officer Dario McAlmon confirmed that Sukhdeo had resigned, but he could not say when the resignation took effect nor could he state the reason for the resignation.Kaieteur News understands that Sukhdeo had offered to resign recently over grouses, such as functioning under the oversight of former Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir. Nadir was tasked by the former Bharrat Jagdeo administration to oversee the project, but his oversight ceased when he was refused a place in the new Donald Ramotar government.This newspaper understands that other senior officials of the project were not happy with the way Nadir was exercising his oversight of the project.Sukhdeo had asked to be relieved of the post, but continued. However, a review of the project found that there were discrepancies in the way the project was being managed.Sources told Kaieteur News that while fingers could not be pointed at Sukhdeo for any financial irregularities, it was found that some persons who did not qualify for the laptops, nevertheless received the machines.In addition, there were other discrepancies that did not go down well with a Policy and Management Committee which oversees the project.As such, it was felt that it was best that Sukhdeo no longer continue with the project and should resign.Sukhdeo’s resignations follows a Kaieteur News story which reported on the fact that persons who were contracted to train ordinary Guyanese in the use of the laptops had not been paid five months after the training commenced.The trainers who operate in several hubs across the country had claimed that all they have received since the commencement of their contracts are promises,Cheap Jerseys, but no money.Information Liaison to the President, Kwame McCoy, who is the spokesman for the programme has assured that the payments will be made as soon as possible. He acknowledged that there were some hiccups which stemmed from the trainers themselves,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, resulting in the present “undesirable situation.”The former Bharrat Jagdeo administration had committed $1.8 billion to purchase the first batch of 30,holesale Soccer Jerseys,000 laptops and cover all related costs. The Government aims to distribute a total of 90, 000 laptops free of cost and set up Information and Communications Technology (ICT) hubs to train persons in the use of the computers.One component of the programme entails the hiring of persons to train the recipients in the use of the devices. This aspect commenced in October last year and involves four,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, two-hour training sessions, three times a week,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys, at a rate of $2,000 per hour.According to the trainers,NFL Jerseys Cheap, they are required to submit their claims to the OLPF office in a timely manner to facilitate payment.The OLPF project has been mired in controversy since it began, and Sukhdeo was in the midst of that controversy.A year ago, he was barred from talking to the press as the then Jagdeo administration refused a full disclosure on the project.Sukhdeo lays claim to a successful career working with Governments and blue chip clients on innovation and development. He is a former International Development Director with the British Computer Society.