Seventy-nine residents of Matthews Ridge, in Region One, on Thursday received leases for their lands from Minister of State Dawn Hastings-Williams and Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission Trevor Benn, the Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP) has said.
According to a MoTP statement, residents would have applied for lands for residential, agricultural and commercial purposes for over two decades. While some already occupy the lands, others are eagerly awaiting their titles to build or expand.
Initially, over 120 leases were to be distributed, but only 79 had been prepared for distribution, Hastings-Williams explained.