UG distances self from Berbice ‘political survey’

Following the solicitation of information in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), the University of Guyana (UG) has made it clear that the institution has not authorised anyone to nor is it currently conducting, any political polling survey.
“The University of Guyana wishes to advise that it has not authorised, nor is it currently conducting any survey which includes political polling,” a statement from UG on Saturday detailed.
According to the tertiary education institution, “It would appear that persons purporting to be students of the University are soliciting responses to a certain survey in the Berbice area at the moment.”
The university clearly outlined that whenever it is conducting surveys, the public is usually notified by advertisements in the local newspapers and on UG’s official website.
Additionally, the data collectors will have letters and UG issued-ID cards specific to the survey.
Moreover, the data collectors are expected to respect people’s wishes to opt out of any such exercises by UG at any point.
In addition, UG’s official contact for the staff member supervising any survey by the institution is provided in case there are queries and or comments.
To this end, UG said “The general public is therefore asked to take note and be guided accordingly.”