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Pradoville 2 ‘power house’…“I don’t know anything about transformers”- Jagdeo
“I’m not a technical person so I don’t know about the transformers.”
So said former president turn Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday when asked about a report that his mansion uses three of four transformers in Pradoville 2.
Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo
When pressed further Jagdeo remained adamant: “I don’t know anything about transformers, I know about the electricity.”
A point that he dubbed interesting is that as far as he is aware “…in the last two months when we have paid our electricity bill, the bill has come down by almost half without any change in policy or use.”
He noted that it seems as though his community was placed on a government residential tariff which is higher than the normal tariff, but made it clear that he does not know how electricity is supplied “I don’t know how electricity is supplied”.
True to form, he then referred to Kaieteur News’ Publisher stating: “Glenn Lall knows a lot about transformers you should ask him about the transformer on the Regent Street property.”
Speaking further he noted too that the situation is nothing new at his home for the past four years.
As was reported in the Monday edition of this publication the distribution of electrical transformers has been most irregular with the discovery of three transformers being connected to Jagdeo’s home.
The authorities say that one transformer is often enough for a large company that demands a lot of electricity.
Recently it was discovered that Jagdeo’s residence was connected to three transformers.
The situation at Pradoville Two was that like most housing communities where there would have been infrastructure provided by the authorities. In this case the scheme emerged, but there was no supporting infrastructure.
Just a fortnight ago the community got its first water meter. But the electrical connections were already there. The connection leading to the home of former President’s mansion raised questions at a time when established companies could not boost their power supply.
Jagdeo at his Pradoville mansion needs to support a swimming pool while word is that the lighting system is immense. There are multi-million-dollar chandeliers, air conditioning for his dog kennel and even for his cat.
The investigation is likely to discover a warehouse to store pharmaceuticals, the likes of which GPC constructed to fashion the multi-million dollar contracts offered to the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation.
The fact that the area has more electricity than any other community contrasts with what happens with the supply of potable water.
The community recently received its first water meter installed at the home of Dr Roger Luncheon. For five years the community has been enjoying potable water free of cost. In fact, most of the community still enjoys free potable water.
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