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GPL needs to take a serious look at its operations
Dear Editor,
I am so happy and proud to see that my fellow Berbicians on the Upper Corentyne are finally standing up and saying “No More!” to GPL. It is good to see residents writing letters to the daily newspapers, and talking on Facebook and other social media about the national disaster that GPL has been, and calling for an urgent improvement in the electricity supply provided to us.
I hope that GPL’s senior management is paying attention to the problems being raised by our residents, and that it will take urgent steps to immediately fix the significant problems in delivering dependable electricity supply to Berbicians.
For too long we have been silent as we were utterly disrespected and ill-treated by this entity masquerading as a utility company. For too long we have been silent as the number of blackouts per year have increased, as electricity supply has decreased and become less reliable, and as politicians across the spectrum have abandoned our communities after election voting ended. For too long we could only take our suffering in silence, and try to joke that GPL really means “Get Plenty Lamps,” but the time for jokes is over, and we are demanding urgent action now.
To GPL, I say, “No More!” We will no longer accept frequent blackouts. We are not going to accept any more empty promises. We are not going to tolerate being disrespected, and ill-treated, and treated like second-class citizens. We will not stay silent when your emergency hotline is busy 24/7 and residents are unable to make legitimate complaints and inquiries. We are not going to go away and sulk in silence, like you may hope. Your days as an inefficient, incompetent company will come to an end, whether you like it or not.
To GPL’s senior management, I say “No More!” Don’t forget that you work for us, the consumers. We pay your big salaries, and subsidize your operations through our taxes. So don’t tell us to be patient with you for four more weeks, when everyone knows that your company has a horrible track record of keeping its promises.
In any other country in the world, your senior management would have all been fired for failing to achieve the most basic improvements in service. You need to take a good, long, honest look at your operations and tell us why you haven’t been able to improve the power supply for our company when GT&T has been able to, in just a short time, transform and improve the telecommunications sector in Guyana. Perhaps Joe Singh and Sonita Jagan should be placed in charge of GPL.
Disgusted Resident
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