Regional Executive Officer (REO) Ronald Harsawack has denied that heavy-duty machinery owned by Region 8 is being used for private work, while official projects are being neglected.
Harsawack’s denial came in response to claims made by Regional Councillor Mohamed Gafoor in Wednesday’s edition of Stabroek News that the machinery was lying idle at a private residence in Mahdia, instead of being used to rehabilitate roads and serve the communities in the region.
“The private residence referred by the councillor is the residence of the contracted heavy-duty mechanic and that of two contracted machine operators,” said Harsawack in a letter published in yesterday’s edition of the Guyana Chronicle. In the letter, he explained that the regional administration does not have the requisite workforce for ‘in house’ operation and maintenance.
He stated that the photograph submitted by Gafoor was taken in July 2014,
