BV/Triumph NDC Chairman calls for local gov’t elections

The bridge connecting Triumph to Beterverwagting

-says new blood needed after 20 years

By Mario Joseph

After being in the post for 20 years, the Chairman of the Beterverwagting/ Triumph Neighbourhood Democratic Council agrees that there is an urgent need for local government elections and residents there have made the usual types of complaints that have beset community governance for the last two decades.

Bruce Adams, Chairman of the NDC, acknowledged the inability of the council to function effectively and said he is ready to move on and let new blood step in.

This East Coast NDC is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, south by the East Demarara Water Conservancy, west by a common dam between La Bonne Intention and Beterverwagting and east by a common dam between Mon Repos and Triumph. It has a large health centre, a market, a playground, two nursery schools, one primary, one secondary school, a