Residents of Plantation Hope, West Coast Berbice were all smiles yesterday after they received transports for their lands confirming them as the undisputed owners of the lots which they have been occupying for decades.
The thirty residents purchased their lots from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) through the Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Fund Committee. However, they had never received their transports for reasons unknown.
At the handing over exercise held in the area yesterday, Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Anil Nandlall SC explained that residents would have purchased their lands from GuySuCo over twenty-thirty years ago “but for whatever reason, they never obtained the transport for the land they are occupying.”