Latest update February 15th, 2025 10:14 AM
Latest News
- Exxon given more time to respond to first two audits – Routledge
- Guyana put on Donald Trump’s list to accept African and Asian deportees
- Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls for united US-Europe support against Russia
- Opposition agrees with TI findings on corruption in Guyana
- Man assaults ex-partner for bringing husband into shared home
Villagers protest outside Little Diamond/Herstelling NDC
– claim chairperson is unapproachable, verbally abuses residents
Several villagers from Farm and Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, turned up outside the Little Diamond/ Herstelling Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Wednesday afternoon to protest against the actions of the NDC Chairperson, Bibi Zameena Sookdeo.
They accused the Chairperson of neglecting her duties and responsibilities that include the upkeep and maintenance of bridges and facilities such as the nursery school which is presently housed in the same compound with the NDC.
At the time of the protest, the council was in the middle of a meeting.
Some of the residents who were protesting in front of the Little Diamond/ Herstelling Neighbourhood Democratic Council.
“We need an audit of the NDC,” “No works, no taxes, no help, no votes,” “We need good roads and not the ones that is being filled with sand,” and “The council MUST go,” were some of the slogans displayed on the placards.
One woman explained that for several months affected residents from the Farm Squatting area have been complaining to Sookdeo about the state of the bridges and roads in the area but she seems not to consider those issues important.
“It is a set of elderly people living in here and the bridge is in a terrible state. We try to nail a few boards but there is only so much we can do. Many years now the bridge has been deteriorating and they haven’t taken care of this bridge.
“Nobody at the NDC don’t come and do anything; half of the trench they did and half they didn’t dig and when it rain half the people does get flood and half don’t,” she complained.
At present there are more than 100 houses in the Farm Squatting Area, EBD.
A cleaner attached to the Providence Nursery School voiced her concern over the management and upkeep of the school surroundings. This, she stated, is the responsibility of the said NDC.
“Them supposed to look after here and they don’t. The teachers does got to beg parents for money to put in the school.
“The lights not working for a long time in the school and the grass in the compound getting higher and higher without any weeding. As for the water tank it in bad condition and barely got water and it isn’t clean enough for these little children,” the cleaner argued.
Some parents highlighted the issue of the security hut for the school which they said was in a deplorable state.
Kaieteur News understands that the school does not receive water and complaints have also been made to the NDC about this problem.
A number of men in the village told this newspaper that Sookdeo does not treat complainants with respect and gives a bad name to the NDC office since she is “unapproachable”.
“I’m a man and when people goes to her with problems that she as the NDC chairperson supposed to listen and address and see to help us. But when people go to her she does chase them and cuss them up. What type of woman does the Government have employed there? And why can’t Government look into this?” he questioned.
Sookdeo verbally abused a media operative who sought to seek a comment from her concerning a road complaint.
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
The Opposition is engaged in self-sabotage
Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- You know, I never thought I’d see the day when elections in Guyana would become something... more
OAS Secretary General Election and renewed OAS Consensus
Antiguan Barbudan Ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- The upcoming election... more
Weekend Cartoon
