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SARU to help evict persons occupying Gov’t living quarters rent-free – PAC hears

Jul 11, 2018 News

The State Asset Recovery Unit (SARU) has been asked to assist with the eviction of several persons, who have been occupying government living quarters rent -free.
The Auditor General report in 2016 outlined that out of 300 buildings owned by the Region Four Administration, 132 were occupied. However, from that amount only 26 of these occupants were actually paying rent. Among the occupants are individuals from Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) and TOPCO.
The matter came to the fore on Monday, when Regional Executive Officer for Region Four, Pauline Lucas, met with the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
Lucas explained that she had appealed to the SARU for assistance in the eviction of those not paying rent. However, PAC‘s Committee Chairman Irfaan Ali expressed dissatisfaction at how the situation is being handled.
Ali instead called on the Regional Administration to take the necessary action to ensure that the matter is adequately dealt with. This is not the first time the issue has been brought to the attention of the PAC.
Last year it was revealed that 27 Region Six officers lived rent-free in Government quarters for over a year when they should have been paying rent.
In a bizarre twist, one of the officers has taken the Region to court to continue living at his quarters for free.
The issue was flagged by the Auditor General’s Office in 2015. During an audit of the region’s affairs it was found that 72 residential buildings were occupied by officers of the Region; however the Regional administration was not in receipt of rents from the occupants. Additionally, regional officials could not say if any of the properties were furnished, neither could they verify who were eligible to live rent-free.

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