Minister of State hands over vehicles for GL&SC regional office
Minister of State Joseph Harmon on Wednesday handed over four vehicles to the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission’s (GL&SC) regional offices. The handover was made at the Commission’s general staff meeting held on the
Minister of State Joseph Harmon presents the keys of the vehicles that were handed over to the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission regional officers in Region Nine
grounds of the GL&SC Headquarters in D’Urban Backlands, Georgetown.
As part of the 2017 Budget allocation, the Minister handed over two Honda All-terrain vehicles (ATV) for the offices in Region One (Barima-Waini) and Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), as well as two Toyota Land Cruisers for the offices in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo). The vehicles will be used to aid in the work of the Commission for land administration, monitoring, and enforcement.
“I’m extremely proud of the work that is being done by the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission… I believe that good work is being done here and quality work is being done here,” Minister Harmon was quoted by the Department of Public Information (DPI) as saying.
Minister Harmon also encouraged the staff to continue to exemplify of the value of hard work to other departments in the Government. “Lands and Surveys Commission must be one of the shining examples in Government as to how, with a dedicated work force, you can turn around an entity in a very short space of time. So, I want to congratulate all of you for that and for being that shining light in Government,” he said.
The programme featured holiday performances from the GL&SC staff as well as presentations of the Managers’ Reports from the Commission’s Finance and Surveys Divisions, and Human Resource and Land Administrations.
