President Irfaan Ali yesterday reported that nearly 5,000 issues were attended to within the space of two days in his administration’s outreach to Region Three.
Dubbed as a means of getting to the people directly to listen to and work on their concerns, the President along with various Ministers and Government Agencies took over the space at the Leonora Track and Field Facility to conduct the two-day outreach.
At the outreach, the government in tracking the works that have been done throughout the two days, developed an app to plot progress to the finalization of the matters.
Tracking the number of cases being attended to, the Government has revealed that some 4,836 cases are in process with some 1770 still to be resolved
Most of the issues related to housing and the National Insurance Scheme due to the large number of sugar estate workers who were in the area.
Local government issues were raised especially as it related to drainage and garbage collection. A number of matters were raised with the Lands and Survey Commission with respect to leased land.
According to the Government, a number of business ideas were raised and government will be following up on them to ensure they become a reality.
While the issues and solutions are being addressed, President Ali maintained that the Government will continue to do such outreaches since it tells the government directly what is needed where.
“This exercise allows us to understand the priorities of the community, the priorities of the region. So that when we develop our budgetary framework for the year we will be able to understand in a firsthand manner from the people directly what their priorities are and what our interest should be”, President Ali noted
The President said that at the end of each outreach, he will also form Ministers and other Government officials and community members into groups to oversee future projects.
With the promise of getting to the people directly, the President also repeated that this programme will be rolled out in each part of the country.
On its Facebook page, the Ministry of Housing and Water yesterday said that close 3,000 residents were engaged by it at the end of the two-day outreach. The Ministry said it was able to fast-track the processing of Land Titles for residents of Leonora Pasture, thereby closing a 100-year old issue. The area, which was under the purview of GuySuCo, has more than 50 occupants. The first set of titles were presented by Ali to the residents yesterday afternoon, the ministry said.
Over 300 persons with outstanding applications in the region were also allocated house lots within the two-day period.
Other residents were given the opportunity to initiate their house lot applications, register for turn-key homes, and the steel and cement subsidy.
