Residents of the Region Nine township of Lethem (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) now have access to banking services following a service disruption that occurred when heavy-duty equipment collided with two utility poles in the town.
Resumption of banking services was confirmed by Regional Chairman Bryan Allicock on Friday during a telephone interview with Guyana Times.
“The banking services are back; the internet cable was restored late on Wednesday,” he said.
Regional Chairman Allicock also revealed that old age pension is currently being paid by the post mistress following the resumption of banking services.
“It takes days to get the pensioners back to the post office, so we catered for that. They are still getting paid every day, the Toshaos are bringing the pensioners out of the villages to receive their monies here, and those who didn’t receive this week will receive next week,” Allicock detailed.
In a public statement issued on Friday, the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) said, “Our Lethem branch will be open on Saturday October 5 to facilitate customers who may have been inconvenienced by the branch’s closure earlier this week.”
Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Lethem branch
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Residents of the township of Lethem were unable to access banking services on Tuesday because heavy-duty equipment had collided with two utility poles in the region.
In a telephone conversation with this publication, Region Nine Chairman Bryan Allicock had said that power and internet services had been disrupted after an excavator and a truck had collided with utility poles in the community.
“The power went out because we lost two poles due to an excavator and truck coming into contact with the poles and the wires, including the GT&T (One Communications) wires also that feeds the internet connection to the bank,” he had stated.
He had also revealed that in an effort to ensure senior citizens have access to their monthly financial obligations on time, the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) had sourced money to pay pensioners.
“The bank was good enough to give us money to pay pensioners, so the postmistress got money to pay the pensioners…,” the chairman had said.
