President meets with toshaos council, other groups on lands CoI

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Seated in front row from left: Toshao of St. Cuthbert’s Mission and NTC Vice-Chairman, Lennox Shuman; Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Sydney Allicock; President David Granger; Minister of State, Joseph Harmon; and Chairman of the National Toshaos Council (NTC), Joel Fredericks. Standing at the back from left: Manager of the Land Administration Department at the Lands and Surveys Commission,  Marcel Hudson; Toshao of Shulinab Village, Nicholas Fredericks; Executive Director of the Amerindian People’s Association (APA),  Jean La Rose;  Peter Persaud from the Amerindian Action Movement of Guyana; Coordinator of the National Amerindian Development Foundation, Zelita Debedin; President of the National Amerindian Development Foundation, Ashton Simon;  Colin Klautky from the Guyana Organisation of Indigenous Peoples and Toshao of Chenapau, Edward McGarrel.  (Ministry of the Presidency photo)
Seated in front row from left: Toshao of St. Cuthbert’s Mission and NTC Vice-Chairman, Lennox Shuman; Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Sydney Allicock; President David Granger; Minister of State, Joseph Harmon; and Chairman of the National Toshaos Council (NTC), Joel Fredericks. Standing at the back from left: Manager of the Land Administration Department at the Lands and Surveys Commission,  Marcel Hudson; Toshao of Shulinab Village, Nicholas Fredericks; Executive Director of the Amerindian People’s Association (APA),  Jean La Rose;  Peter Persaud from the Amerindian Action Movement of Guyana; Coordinator of the National Amerindian Development Foundation, Zelita Debedin; President of the National Amerindian Development Foundation, Ashton Simon;  Colin Klautky from the Guyana Organisation of Indigenous Peoples and Toshao of Chenapau, Edward McGarrel.  (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

President David Granger on Thursday met with representatives of a number of Indigenous organisations as talks continue on the controversial Lands Commission of Inquiry (CoI) which has been strongly criticized by several groups most notably, the National Toshaos Council (NTC).

A release from the Ministry of the Presidency said that Minister of State, Joseph Harmon and Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Sydney Allicock were also present at the meeting. The visiting delegation was led by Chairman of the NTC,  Joel Fredericks and included President of the National Amerindian Development Foundation,  Ashton Simon; Toshao of Shulinab Village, Nicholas Fredericks; Toshao of