Trib­utes con­tin­ue to pour in for late En­er­gy Min­is­ter Franklin Khan this time from the Min­is­ter of Nat­ur­al Re­sources in Guyana Vick­ram Bhar­rat, who on be­half of the gov­ern­ment of Guyana yes­ter­day ex­tend­ed “deep­est con­do­lences” to the Trinidad and To­ba­go gov­ern­ment and the fam­i­ly of Franklin Khan on the pass­ing of the late En­er­gy Min­is­ter.

Bhar­rat in a re­lease sent to the T&T Guardian yes­ter­day said Khan has been recog­nised as a “trail­blaz­er and true pa­tri­ot.”

“Among his nu­mer­ous con­tri­bu­tions to his coun­try, he has served as a Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment, Min­is­ter of Works and Trans­port, Min­is­ter of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment, and most re­cent­ly Min­is­ter of En­er­gy and En­er­gy In­dus­tries,” the re­lease stat­ed.

“The Min­is­ter of Nat­ur­al Re­sources, Hon Vick­ram Bhar­rat M.P. and the Gov­ern­ment of Guyana, ex­press heart­felt sym­pa­thy to the peo­ple of Trinidad and To­ba­go dur­ing this time of grief,” it stat­ed.

“May his soul rest in peace,” the re­lease stat­ed.

Mean­while the Pro­man fam­i­ly of com­pa­nies says it is deeply sad­den by his pass­ing. In a state­ment Pro­man de­scribed Khan as an out­stand­ing pub­lic ser­vant who ded­i­cat­ed his ca­reer to the peo­ple of T&T.

Claus Cron­berg­er, man­ag­ing di­rec­tor, Pro­man Ltd T&T said Khan’s stead­fast lead­er­ship and com­mit­ment to the ad­vance­ment of the en­er­gy sec­tor was great­ly ap­pre­ci­at­ed by all those who worked with him.

“I am shocked and sad­dened by Min­is­ter Khan’s un­ex­pect­ed pass­ing and my thoughts are with his fam­i­ly in this time of grief.

“He will be re­mem­bered by all those who had the ho­n­our of work­ing with him. I speak for my col­leagues across the Pro­man fam­i­ly of com­pa­nies when I say that his ded­i­ca­tion, lead­er­ship and ex­pe­ri­ence will be a huge loss to the en­er­gy sec­tor and to the peo­ple of Trinidad and To­ba­go,” Cron­berg­er added.

David Cas­sidy, Chief Ex­ec­u­tive, Pro­man AG said Khan was a ded­i­cat­ed pub­lic ser­vant who worked tire­less­ly to serve the peo­ple of T&T through­out his ca­reer.

“We had the priv­i­lege of work­ing close­ly with him in re­cent years in his po­si­tion as Min­is­ter of En­er­gy and En­er­gy In­dus­tries and al­ways ap­pre­ci­at­ed his un­wa­ver­ing com­mit­ment to cham­pi­oning the en­er­gy sec­tor.

“I would per­son­al­ly like to ex­tend my sin­cer­est con­do­lences to Min­is­ter Khan’s fam­i­ly and friends and the Gov­ern­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go at this dif­fi­cult time,” Cas­sidy added.