The antiquated way of using documents for identification needs to be reviewed

Apr 04, 2013 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
Permit me to respond to Ms. Lyken-Ramdial’s reply of April 3 to Mr. Craig. Ms. Lyken-Ramdial, like so many people in Guyana, misses the point of identification.
I have travelled the world, and have done business in over twenty countries, and Guyana is the only country that I have visited that does not accept a driver’s licence for identification: It has a photograph and at least the address of the holder, and is usually renewable every three or five years.
For an individual to verify his most recent address, all they should have to provide, is any correspondence mailed to that address, providing they have another form of identification, as an individual address is usually based on their job or business at that moment.
The majority of people living or working in Guyana do not have the documents being asked for at this bank. It took me thirty months to get my name on my electric bill from GPL, even though I was paying my bill every month, so if I was waiting for that to prove my address, that’s how long it would have taken me to take care of a transaction similar to that of Mr. Craig.
What Guyana as a whole has is an antiquated way of using documents for identification, which needs to be reviewed. We are way behind the power curve. This country is not ready for the 20th Century much less the 21st, and managers need to broaden their thinking process if they are to move this country forward. Part of a manager’s job is to come up with innovative ways of making business more efficient, rather than quoting regulations and policies which make no sense.
Interested observer

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