The University of Guyana (UG) has reached an agreement with short-drop taxi drivers who offer transport from the East Coast Public Road to the Turkeyen Campus that will see only authorized operators being allowed to access the compound.
“…[T]hey have access, in a regulated manner, into the university compound to drop off students and staff using their service. It was mutually agreed that the price for the short drop into our compound will be $80. Appropriate stickers will be issued to each operator and they will now be uniformed,” an email issued to students on Friday explained.
The email, bearing the signature of Vanessa Vanlong, Assistant Registrar of Data and Records Management, also informed students that “only duly authorized taxis using the Public Road route would be allowed access into the compound.”
While UG has stated that these provisions will come into effect at