The Housing and Water Ministry has commenced a review exercise for questionable allocations, following complaints by allottees that they feel duped out of their hard-earned money for lands they are still to identify.
The issue was brought to the attention of the subject Minister, Collin Croal, on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 as he was conducting a series of community meetings in the West Berbice Region.
Minister Collin Croal
Initial checks into these recent allocations have revealed that the ownership of these lands by a Ministry agency remains in limbo.
This is compounded by the fact that these lands have no infrastructure in place and allottees cannot even identify their lots.
“Given the time frame when these allocations were made, the assumption can be made that these allocations were a mere political gimmick. Until such time when the review process is completed in the best interest of our citizens, a decision has been taken to simply put a hold on accepting payments for these allocations,” the Ministry stated in a release to the media.
Meanwhile, the Ministry added that it remained committed to the delivery of serviced lots, with all basic infrastructure in place, inclusive of fair-weather access roads and water distribution, drainage, and electrical networks.
“We, therefore, want to reassure all applicants that the status of their applications will in no way be affected and they will be processed in due time.”
