Corruption, inefficiency at Bartica

Mar 29, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
Barticians are being shortchanged. They have the continued employment of an unqualified and oppressive steward at the Bartica Hospital. The situation continues with the installation of an illegal IMC comprising a select clique of opportunistic PPP cronies.
The legitimate elected officers of the NDC were unceremoniously forced from office amid allegations of fraud and corruption which are still to be proven in a court of law.
Corruption is rife and widespread, a social epidemic that has affected the lives of every Guyanese both directly and indirectly. A recent visit to Bartica was very revealing.
It is a fact that Bartica and Barticians are frustrated and plagued by the never ending garbage pile up in the community.
There were supposed to have some relief of this health hazard through the signing of an agreement between Regional Democratic Council and Cevons Waste Management. This agreement includes the managing, transportation and disposal of solid waste. This agreement was signed on December 5, 2012 and would be for fifteen years with the commencement date being January 2, 2013. To date Cevons has not been able to commence work due to the shoddy work done by the contractor.
The contractor was paid to construct a roadway 1000 ft by 50 ft and a build a site with a certain amount of sand for the dumping of the waste. The government now saw it fit to inject $1.7M to have the road and site erected.
This contract was not tendered but was given to a selected crony from the clique of PPP cronies. For years the legitimate elected councillors yawned for such financial assistance from central government but never received same.
The substandard work by this contractor has caused the delay and further suffering for residents. The REO must be held responsible and answer the following questions,(1) What is the cost for the contract? (2) Who is this contractor that has pocketed tax payers’ monies for substandard work? (3) Why was the works committee not involved in the process?(4) Has the contractor been paid in full?
It is this said REO who recently appeared before the Public Accounts Committee and could not account for the retrieval of monies paid to NIS and GRA. The IMC who claim that they are going to correct the wrongs done by the NDC have not done anything noteworthy to date.
There are some urgent concerns to be addressed— those errant business persons who use the council reserves to the detriment of residents. There are two unscrupulous and selfish individuals— a lumber yard dealer and an iron pile up on the roadway making traffic difficult for both pedestrians and motorists.
Umar Saied

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