GPSU building recreational facility on Thomas Lands property

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is in the process of building a multi-purpose recreational facility on its land at the corner of Irving Street and Thomas Lands.

The land, located opposite the Guyana Defence Force base camp Ayanganna, was the subject of a dispute in 2009 between the then Bharrat Jagdeo-led PPP/C government and the GPSU.

Shortly after it assumed power in 2015, the APNU+AFC administration said that it was moving to rescind a lease that was granted by the Jagdeo administration to Ed Ahmad in 2008 to build a 150-room hotel and casino on the land.