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Land titles, $25M in Presidential Grants handed over -as 12th Toshaos Council wraps up
Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock, brought the curtain down on the 12th National Toshaos Council Conference with the distribution of several Land Titles and Presidential Grants to indigenous communities.
Receiving land titles were, Tuseneng Village, Kato and Karisparu in Region Eight, Batavia, Region
Seven, Sawariwau Region Nine
.
A total of $25,322,202 was handed over in Presidential Grants.
The Toshaos and Senior Village Councillors were called upon by the Minister Allicock to make good use of the land titles and presidential grants to ensure their communities progress. He charged the leaders to build bridges and relationships with their fellow indigenous brothers and sisters as they cannot afford to be divided in the quest for development of their communities.
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