Comments on: 14 NIS staffers sent home over pension fraud

By: home girl NWD

home girl NWD — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:04:27 +0000

My father worked for over 30 years, but did not even have 750 contributions. Now I know who took it !!!

By: Bad News

Bad News — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:22:46 +0000

The thieves are all over Start with the office of the President and work your way down all of them doing the same thing,it goes two ways in Guyana Big time or small time for example the wild life fund where is the money?

By: M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett

M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:44:21 +0000

Since I’ve been working since 1985 I’ve always made all eligible claims for sickness, glasses, dental care, etc. I’ve a clear trail of records since 1985. You need to fall sick now and then and claim from NIS.

By: freespeech

freespeech — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:03:10 +0000

the employees resell the stamps.

By: tinko

tinko — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:56:16 +0000

i worked for 11 years with the government and only 1 year is showing that i worked with the government at the N.I.S office

By: freespeech

freespeech — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:05:19 +0000

mike sorry, but i have witness a lot in the early 80’s,

SN will delete my blog when i posted those info.

By: SOESDYKE

SOESDYKE — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:30:04 +0000

Debbie, I agree with you, plus they work like SNAILS. The day technology ketch with them. A lot of them ,will be out of a job, unless they change, their LAZY DISHONEST ATTITUDE.

By: michael tannassee

michael tannassee — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:04:01 +0000

…. Yo ! Freespeech ! those r my lines !,,but as u have a right to “freespeech” u r in perfect sync with the “reasons” for the collapse of the economy and the total infrastructure
which is what the President must put in order to make necessary the long over due of house cleaning !…..

i can add lots more but will allow it to move along….. since there is too much that is lost in the files from the corruption that is now surfacing !….

By: X-FactorX-Factor

X-FactorX-Factor — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:31:31 +0000

There are many things that are disturbing about this story. I’ll just highlight two of them.

First an in-depth investigation was not done to determine who should be interdicted and place before the court. None will be done either, that is why they sent home who they suspect might be involved. Guyana Police Force does not know how to properly carry out a forensic investigation involving financial fraud. That is how the handle all cases involving fraud.

Secondly, the system used at NIS favors the government and they won’t change it. Fraud is nothing new to that department and they very well know what should be in place to properly track the movement of funds.

Some of the comments above praise the removal of the staff; however I don’t know for sure that they are ALL guilty. I would not be so hasty to condemn them to that faith.

By: freespeech

freespeech — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:25:37 +0000

i said before it was going on way back in the late 70’s and early 80’s.

By: freespeech

freespeech — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:23:32 +0000

THIS WAS GOING ON FROM THE EARLY 80″s,
all they do when fired from their job is to present the “CARD” and obtain another job at another corporation or ministry.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW.

By: Soldier

Soldier — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:41:21 +0000

Robbing the dead…Shame, lock them up tight at Brickdam Lockups..

By: Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:15:33 +0000

New Year, make a clean sweep! These are the people that make the third world status permanent. Guyana cannot move forward if we have OFFICIALS IN GOVERNMENT leading by example that corruption is a normal and acceptable practice. Bribery is a given in every government office, I am applauding the effort to stamp out this awful practice by government employees.

I have had to do legal businness in Guyana and was shocked that I had to bribe the lawyers’ secretary to get her to do the paperwork in a timely manner. The post office employee told me the amount of the bribe needed to handle my paperwork. Time constraints made me a willing participant in the greed of these employees.

By: SOESDYKE

SOESDYKE — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:58:06 +0000

Remember you are innocent, until proven guilty. But if their are found guilty, jail every single one of them. These places need to be fully computerize, too much paper work. And they have been known, to disappear.

By: Cochore

Cochore — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:57:29 +0000

The NIS has been one of the most corrupt offices in the Guyana Gov’t for some time now. I’ve got first hand experience with them. In 2001 I accompanied my Mom back to Guyana for 5days, because she had some kind of business to look after at the NIS.
We visited the NIS office on Brickdam twice a day for four of the five days…Watu, talk about getting the royal run-around with the blank stares. After four days of haggling and fighting with them about some senior official signature, they eventually called security to kick me out of the building, when I told my Mom not to pay the bribe money they were asking for. And that dude was probably sitting in his office all along.
Do you know the ‘kicker’ in this story?? The NIS benefits legally due to my Mom dwarfed the cost of the air fares for both of us flying to Guyana. I only went along with this insanity, because my Mom is a die-hard old fashion Guyanese, who was determined about collecting the small piece entitled to her. Plus the rest of the family agreed that the short trip may be what the doctor ordered.
I’m glad that finally they are doing something about the corruption at the NIS.

By: quibian

quibian — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:33:43 +0000

the whole NIS SCHEME needs to be dismantled or revamed. this has been going on a long time since the introduction of the NIS.

By: tiger

tiger — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:19:58 +0000

it is stated that no clear evidence is there to say that these people are or were involved in the fraud, so i gather they are just sending home people like crazy,they might be fraud but evidence gathering is a must to fire the guilty ones.

By: guyanaspice

guyanaspice — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:57:29 +0000

this thing been going on long long long,cos i have a friend whose son died 2 years ago and she put in for claim and was told it was already picked up ,by who and when she dont know,they all need to b sent home

By: garro

garro — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:51:04 +0000

of late in guyana whenever fraud is committed persons in the dept. are always sent home without evidence of wrong doing that is how it is done in guyana recheck and see how many persons have been charged and in jail for fraud. send home new staff story done almost 95% of the time. can dismiss people without evidence of wrong doing do like the loice send home on half month pay until investigation is completed and then charge and reinstate that that are not guilty. follow the law and what about natural justice .please people. guyana is lost

By: Gettho Youth / here comes the rain again

Gettho Youth / here comes the rain again — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:41:01 +0000

Let these people go………………..
They have government officials stealing more that that………….and they are not being caught.
Talk about rampant corruption………….
These people have to live also…………
I only regret they being caught with paper trail to be trace to them. In the government instance, there is papertrail but it is being manupulitated to suit the system and accounted for.

By: Zaphurius

Zaphurius — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:33:38 +0000

No wonder NIS have people on a royal run-a-round when you go to claim what you contribute.

They could never find your records of contribution or tell you that you contribute only so much.

By: GT IN Atlanta

GT IN Atlanta — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:04:23 +0000

Quote ” as the authorities would have to identify and contact all the pensioners who on paper received monies during that period to ascertain whether they were alive and whether they indeed cashed their vouchers.” un quote please clarify this for me, does this mean that if these pensioners are contacted, and they are alive now, then the authorities would have to ascertain if they were dead when the vouchers were cashed? did I get?

Moderator’s note: The fraud was two-fold – collection of pensions for persons who were dead and collection of pensions by persons other than those who were entitled.

By: vwg

vwg — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:42:23 +0000

so,so sad

By: Chabine 973

Chabine 973 — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:37:27 +0000

GT, i like d name u gav them, tomb raiders, ooh la la, wat a shame, they need 2 check other organisations for records .but, dis thing deh all over d world, u can’t take from gpl, n work at nis.