GPSU urges safety assessment of GRA headquarters

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has requested that Finance Minister Winston Jordan urgently order a “scientific assessment” of the safety of the complex currently housing the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) at Camp Street, in light of health concerns highlighted by workers.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the GPSU said it had visited the complex to see conditions and to secure the views of the workers, following observations made by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the GRA, Rawle Lucas, regarding the conditions that obtain at the complex.

In August, Lucas had told Stabroek News that “there are concerns about the structural integrity of the