There is a massive ‘land grab’ ongoing, according to a senior officer from the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GL&SC).
The officer, who blew the whistle on the dealings of the Commission, explained that large tracts of prime State land are being ‘given away’ to persons handpicked by the APNU+AFC Coalition Government, with the help of the GL&SC Commissioner, Trevor Benn.
“They are giving away land. Prime land. In the rush to give away, even land that already given out to persons with transport being shared out….its land not only in Georgetown, but around Liliendaal, East Coast and at Berbice,” the officer, who requested anonymity for fear of being targeted, said.
Notably, earlier this year, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), in a statement, said: “We have received information, thus far, of their illegal and corrupt transactions for lands at D’urban Park, Moca, Wyburg Caracas, Vreed-en-Hoop, Liliendaal, sugar lands on the East Coast of Demerara and at Number 19 Village on the Corentyne Coast (which was the site that was identified by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) pre-May 2015 for the construction of the Deep Water Harbour).”
Further, the Party urged “…all public servants at these agencies to remain vigilant and maintain meticulous records, more so, if they are forced to act under political pressure.”
The Parliamentary Opposition has called on GL&SC Head to come clean on the number of leases issued since December 21, 2018 – the date of the passage of the no-confidence motion which resulted in the fall of the Coalition Government.
