The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs (MoAA) is denying allegations of irregularities in the distribution of Rupununi flood relief funds and said that discrepancies in the list of persons eligible for aid are currently being addressed.
The MoAA also said that only those households that “were severely affected by the flood” would be getting aid.
Recently in a letter to the editor, Clairmont Lye, on behalf of the Lethem Citizens’ Committee (LCC), had called for