A Neighbourhood Democratic Council member believes that there are discrepancies between the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission’s records and the actual ground measurements at the East Bank Essequibo village of Farm, which has led to the unfair allocation of lots.
Councillor Richard Waddell made the assertion in testimony before the Commission of Inquiry into African Ancestral lands and other land matters yesterday, when he told the tribunal that he believed that a plan made out in 1888, following a survey the year before, is the cause for the inaccuracies.
Waddell, who said he has been a councillor for 43 years, noted that the inaccuracies have caused residents to be robbed of portions of their land during development and, as in his case, some gaining additional land.