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Letters to the Sport Editor…Rose Hall Mayor & Town Council needs to be more accountable
Dear Editor,
The Management of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, Guyana’s leading youth and sports organisation hereby seeks the assistance of the relevant authorities to solve a major problem concerning the attitude and work of the groundsman/caretaker of the Area ‘H’ Ground in Rose Hall Town.
This individual has been employed for several years now and over that period of time has failed to fulfill any of his duties. Numerous letters, complaints to the officials of the Mayor and Town Council have all been in vain.
I have personally attended over six monthly meetings of the Council and despite countless assurances that the situation would improve, it has simply gotten worst. The pitch is hardly prepared for the cricket teams to practice; the ground is full of garbage and bushes.
The caretaker is hardly around his workplace and even when he is at the ground, can be found in the pavilion doing nothing. Our members are forced to prepare the pitch themselves while the club has to pay members of the public to clean up the venue.
On Monday January 19th, 2015, the club had to pay a labourer to clean up around the main pavilion while the caretaker slept in his office. On Tuesday January 20th, 2015, six members of the club were forced to prepare the pitch while the Town Council’s caretaker was seen sitting in the pavilion, chatting on his cell phone. Later on he left the ground on his bicycle, never to return.
Mr. Editor, the IMC Chairman, all the Councilors, Town Clerk, Superintendent of Works and the Township Treasurer are all aware of the situation and yet nothing is being done to correct the problem. We had also brought the situation to the attention of the Minister of Sports and the Regional Chairman.
The Officer in Charge of the Township in the Local Government Ministry last year visited the ground on a surprise visit and had issued a stern warning to the caretaker in the presence of the Town Clerk.
The situation improved for a week but returned to the same problems after that. I would like to personally congratulate this Officer for being very professional in performing her duties but the problem lies at the Town Council with the officers doing nothing.
This letter is being written out of total frustration and we hope that the necessary action (s) would be taken to make sure that the Tax payers dollars are used in the proper way.
The Rose Hall Town Council cannot continue to pay a worker who does absolute nothing and is absent from his workplace ninety five percent of the time.
Yours sincerely,
Hilbert Foster
CEO/Secretary
Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club
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