
OPPOSITION LAMBASTE GOV’T FOR REVOKING LANDS FROM GUYANESE
It was Housing Minister Collin Croal, who recently announced that Guyanese
who were allocated lands, at a discounted price, in the past seven months,
would have their lands revoked and money refunded. The move by the current
administration has received backlash from many Guyanese and even the opposition
This online news understands that there has been resistance from several of
those land owners, some of whom have already begun to build on their discounted
lands. The Government has not yet stated how this situation will be dealt with.
The opposition coalition in a statement explained that Minister Croal’s
barbaric plan to revoke house lots that were allocated under the previous
administration, is blatant an assault on Guyanese who were given their right to
own land. According to the coalition, this was done legally.
The party said it is aware that there was Cabinet approval for lands to be
transferred from NICIL to the Central Housing and Planning Authority. That the
process, according to the opposition, was in the final stage of transfer and
the lands were allocated for housing development.
The coalition said “It is, therefore, a lie for the PPP to say to
these Guyanese who have already made their down payment, that lands are not
available… For any government to say that they are reneging on their
contractual obligation to conclude the purchase of state lands to poor people
is unacceptable.”