Former Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan signs off on 45 transfers of state lands. It would appear that part of the delaying tactics is to facilitate further illegal transfers of state resources as a last minute grab. These individuals should take serious warning and note that all corrupt and illegal acquisition of state assets will be investigated and those involved will be held accountable.
APNU/AFC MP Jermaine Figueira, and others among the recipients.
The publication of an extraordinary edition of the Official Gazette on Monday (March 23, 2020), shocked Guyanese, as it details 45 transfers of state lands.
The 180-page document shows that the APNU+AFC Coalition’s Jermaine Figueira, alone, secured two plots of land in Linden, Region 10, which totals over two acres.
Further, while the gazette is dated March 21, 2020, all the land transfer orders were signed by the Coalition’s Winston Jordan on February 28, 2020 – raising concerns that the documents may have been backdated.
The list of beneficiaries includes:
1. Dellon Congreaves – Lot 927 Covent Gardens, EBD (0.115 of an acre)
2. Carol Stephens Fowler – Lot 242 Block 22, Wismar, Linden(0.115 of an acre)
3. Andrew Archer – Lot 269 Block 22, Wismar (0.115 of an acre)
4. 1Andrea Roberts – Lot 6 West Watooka, Wismar Linden (0.228 of an acre)
5. Althea David – Lot 11 Waterlily Road, Christianburg, Wismar, Linden (0.166 of an acre)
6. Abigail Marks – Lot 1221 Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden (0.118 of an acre)
7. Erica Shepherd-Caesar – Lot 2408 Amelia’s Ward, Linden (0.115 of an acre)
8. Gregory Nedd – Lot 23 Trewern Avenue, Richmond Hill, Linden (0.379 of an acre)
9. Jean Williams – Lot 157 Self Help Housing Scheme, Amelia’s Ward, Linden (0.357 of an acre)
10. Jennifer Whinfield – Lot 2408 Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden (0.4224 of an acre)
11. Julius Anthony Hooper – Lot 231 Wisroc Housing Scheme (0.115 of an acre)
12. Kevin Glenn – Lot 5562 Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden (0.111 of an acre)
13. Neville Williams – Lot 97 Riverside Drive, Watooka, Linden (0.115 of an acre)
14. Orvil Assanie Parris – Lot 102 River Side Drive, Watooka, Linden (0.274 of an acre)
15. Ophuese Holder – Lot 59 Victory Valley, Linden (0.169 of an acre)
16. Orden Nelson – Lot 153A Noitgedacht, Linden (0.179 of an acre)
17. Quacy Bremer – Lot 10-11 Cinderella City, Amelia’s Ward, Linden (0.144 of an acre)
18. Rudolph Whittaker – Lot 11 Blueberry Hill, Wismar Linden (0.115 of an acre)
19. Rawle Nelson – Lot 82 Half Mile, Wismar Linden (0.184 of an acre)
20. Ryan Waldron – Lot 31 Blueberry Hill, Wismar, Linden (0.115 of an acre)
21. Shamar Davis – Lot 160 Block 22, Wismar, Linden (0.115 of an acre)
22. Wesley Whinfield – Track ‘DA’, Block ‘F’ of Lot 44, or Plantation Fairs Rust (0.231 of an acre)
23. Tonya Amos – Lot 1239 Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden (0.115 of an acre)
24. Shimeka Adams – Lot 2074 Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden (0.115 of an acre)
25. Wilbert Bethune – Lot 507 Canvas City, Wismar, Linden (0.370 of an acre)
26. Wonnetta Nicholson – Lot 98 Burnham Drive, Christianburg, Wismar, Linden (0.396 of an acre)
27. Reneisha Thompson – Lot 78 Self Help Housing Scheme, Amelia’s Ward, Linden (0.1370 of an acre)
28. Serojnie Narine – Lot 5 Speightland Retrieve, Linden (0.1404 of an acre)
29. Tschika McBean – Lot 86 One Mile Extension, Linden (0.1478 of an acre)
30. Tschika McBean – Lot 86 One Mile Extension, Linden (0.1404 of an acre)
31. Dennis Less – Lot 54 Richmond Hill, Linden (0.154 of an acre)
32. Anastacia Stephens – Lot 182 Wisroc Housing Scheme, Linden (0.183 of an acre)
33. Eric Shepherd – Lot 922 Victory Valley, Linden (0.157 of an acre)
34. Gordon Abrams – Lot 29 Trewern Avenue, Richmond Hill, Linden (0.160 of an acre)
35. Ian Alli – Lot 159 Damon Avenue, Mackenzie, Linden (0.219 of an acre)
36. Jamella Campo – Lot 59 Riverside Drive, Watooka, Linden (0.159 of an acre)
37. Odetta Stewart – Lot 52 Self Help Scheme, Amelia’s Ward, Linden (0.115 of an acre)
38. Judy Ann Bethune – Lot 9 Fairs Rust, Linden (0.157 of an acre)
39. Natalie La Rose – Lot 700 Sector ‘B’, Block ‘X’, Great Diamond Housing Scheme (0.155 of an acre)
40. Stacey Simon – Lot 20 Fairs Rust, Linden (0.159 of an acre)
41. Rachel Henry – Lot 49 William Street, Campbellville, Georgetown (0.152 of an acre)
42. Ronesha Ross Ajeday – Lot 157 Noitgedacht, Linden (0.159 of an acre)
43. Vladimir Glasgow – Block ‘A’ 2nd Floor Doctor’s Quarter, Richmond Hill, Linden (0.157 of an acre)
44. Jermaine Figueira – Lot 139 Second Street, Silvertown, Linden (1.851 of an acre)
45. Jermaine Figueira – Lot 52 Wisroc Housing scheme, Linden (0.46 of an acre)
The lands are all on the right bank of Demerara River. The transfers of state lands to private ownership remain a contentious issue, particularly given the magnitude of the transfers.
On an almost weekly basis Transfer of Property Orders are included in the publications of the Official Gazette. Prior to this one, the last transfers of state lands were exposed in the February 15, 2020 edition of the Official Gazette, which detailed 14 transfers.
