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Why are Toshaos and Deputy Toshaos being treated this way
DEAR EDITOR,
I use this opportunity to express my frustration about the system in my region.
I am a taxpayer like anybody else in Guyana. I am a deputy Toshao in my village who works tirelessly to serve my people and village. My stipend is $15,000 while the Toshao’s stipend is $30,000 per month. What is frustrating is that we never receive it on a timely manner or on a monthly basis.
I would like to know if the government system is that Toshaos and Deputy Toshaos must be paid on a quarterly basis? Though complaints were made to the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, nothing is being done for us, it seems as though no one cares.
Every time we ask about our stipend at our Regional Administration office (Region #8 Potaro-Siparuni) we are told that they have to see if there is any leftover money to pay the Toshaos and Deputy Toshaos.
I would like to know if monies were not budgeted in 2019 which was passed in late 2018 to pay Toshaos and Deputy Toshaos? The last payments were made in December 2018 and no payments were made for this new year
Regards
Frustrated Deputy Toshao
Region #8
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