North Rupununi board says did not take position on Lands Commission of Inquiry

The North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB) says it has not taken a position on the controversial Commission of Inquiry (CoI)  into Lands convened by the APNU+AFC government.

It appeared to take aim at a statement from the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs (MOIPA) on May 26 that members of the NRDBB supported the CoI. The MOIPA statement to the press had been headlined `Indigenous body backs CoI into land ownership’.

In a letter to Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock on June 8th, the NRDDB said that at its last statutory board meeting held from May 17-19 at Bina Hill  both the National Toshaos Council (NTC), which opposes the CoI, and MOIPA were