Residents of the indigenous community of Capoey in Region Two are calling on the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs as well as the regional administration, to conduct an audit of the Capoey village council. According to residents, the village council is supposed to conduct frequent meetings and this is not happening.
Residents who reached out to the media said that a meeting was held on January 23, where they requested an audit of the village’s cash book. They alleged that sand was being sold from the community, but payments were not passing through the village council. The village has a sand pit which is a revenue earner for the community. They said the issue was raised with Toshao Ralph Hendricks, but no positive answer was given. This newspaper tried to contact Hendricks for a comment, to no avail.
