Dear Editor,
Kindly permit me space in your newspaper to seek intervention and finality to a matter which, in my opinion, needs highlighting. In September 2020 I contacted the Personnel Officer (PO) of the Univer-sity of Guyana via telephone and subsequently email and provided the necessary information for a letter of record of service for a ten-year period be issued since my NIS contributions for that period were missing from the records at NIS. Since the above-mentioned date, and my best efforts to the PO, this letter is yet to be issued. I subsequently contacted the Vice Chan-cellor’s Personnel Assistant (PA) and later the Vice Chancellor (VC) via email and had responses where they instructed the PO and the Bursar to complete this matter; as recent as June 23, 2021 the VC sent a another request and later on July 15, 2021 the PA reminded the Bursar of the need to bring this matter to a close, yet to date it remains incomplete.
Editor, I am five weeks away from submitting my request to the NIS so that my pension can be granted and I can enjoy the benefits of my hard work and contribution to the scheme. However, this cannot be done since the above matter remains unresolved. I feel disenfranchised at this point of time, but moreover I feel that my democratic right as a citizen of Guyana who have worked entirely in Guyana is being denied and trampled upon. My thought at this point of time leads me to believe that the Bursar and the PO seem to be their own bosses as displayed by their disregard for the VC’s requests and instructions.
Sincerely,
Lloyd Singh
