| … refused to sign off improper workThe only two Opposition members on a five- member works committee in Region Three are reiterating calls for more accountability relating to the issuance and financing of work to be done in the Region.The duo, Harry Narine Deokinanan of Alliance for Change (AFC) and George Gulliver,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) last July, accused the Region Three authorities of manipulating the contracts system by altering the process and withholding critical information.Greenwich Park residents clear the clogged drain aside the newly built community roadDeokinanan told Kaieteur News that the consequences of improper systems are slowly being realized when describing the difficulty persons in the Greenwich Park community on the East Bank of Essequibo are facing due to an incomplete road.Deokinanan said the community is dissatisfied with the work, while members of the Regional Works Committee refused to sign off on the contractor’s final payment.Even more disturbing, Deokinanan told the newspaper, is that among several other pieces of important information,Wholesale China Jerseys, the financial data relating to the contracts are not being made available.He said that the Regional Executive Officer (REO) had told council members to suggest areas where work is needed and he thus proposed that Greenwich Park needed better roads. As such, the Council moved to address the problem.However,Cheap NFL Jerseys, when the final inspection was scheduled, the community members expressed dissatisfaction and the Works Committee noted that the road was incomplete as it had small shoulders and provided almost no walk space at the side of the community road.There was also improper drainage which caused excess water to settle in the area since the gutters would overflow during rainfall with nowhere to run off. Deokinanan said that the project was another case where despite improper work being done, there is no information available for reference.Deokinanan reiterated that documents provided for work to be done are presented without names and prices and they are coming only, with the descriptions and the particulars of the preliminary stages. Of late,Deion Sanders Falcons Jersey, he said,Cheap Jerseys Online, councillors are now being taken to see ongoing work.Deokinanan had earlier alleged that Opposition Councillors were left to connect the dots about who gets the contract and where the construction work is ongoing. He said that contracts were being stretched out so that “If a contract to clean a trench cost more than $600,000 they will burst it up and give it to who they want.”The Procurement Act of 2003 states that construction contracts below $600,000 can be issued by the Head of the Budget Agency responsible for acquiring quotations, if necessary. Above that,Nike NFL Jerseys China, the contract goes to the Regional Tender Board and above $9M, to the National Procurement Board.Gulliver had also alleged that work was being split up to meet the $600,000 requirement.Kaieteur News was unable to contact the Regional Engineer, but on behalf of the REO, Donald Gajraj, his secretary told Kaieteur News that he was in a meeting and could not provide the answers needed at such short notice.He however extended an invitation to the newspaper to visit the Region to see the works program. |
