24 Kwakwani residents get land leases

By Stabroek News On In Guyana News |
Some of the new leaseholders (standing with their leases) along with Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture Valarie Patterson-Yearwood (seated third, from left), with GL&SC managers and regional officials after last Friday’s handing over. (GL&SC photo)
Some of the new leaseholders (standing with their leases) along with Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture Valarie Patterson-Yearwood (seated third, from left), with GL&SC managers and regional officials after last Friday’s handing over. (GL&SC photo)

Twenty-four residents of Kwakwani, in Region Ten, received land leases from the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) last Friday.

According to the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, the leases were presented by Minister within the Ministry of Agriculture Valarie Patterson-Yearwood, and the Manager of the Commission’s Secretariat, Durwin Humphrey, who represented GL&SC Commissioner Trevor Benn at the handing over ceremony.

The GL&SC explained in a statement that the process began in October, 2017, when the Kwakwani Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) sent a letter to the Commission raising several concerns which residents brought to their attention as it relates to the security of their lands.