Following division in the community of Wauna over how carbon credits monies have been used for the purchasing of wiring for an electrification project, Chairman of Region One, Brentnol Ashley, is insisting that there is no need for an investigation as the matter has already been clarified in meetings.
Speaking to Stabroek News on Wednesday, Ashley said that with the need to bring clarity to the matter, a meeting was held with all the parties involved and the outcome was satisfactory to all.
“As you would have been told in the articles that have been published especially in Kaieteur News, there was a community meeting, a village meeting, where the villagers were invited and they would have had a large percentage of the people out there, the entire community development people were present. The committee responsible for the carbon credit funds given to the village provided clarity and justification on the decision made by the entire council with the support of the committee responsible. So, for me, I am satisfied with them because it is a holistic response when questions were asked by us, the RDC [Regional Democratic Council] and residents. They have received answers from the entire council, not to say from the Chairman of the Council alone or the Secretary or the Treasurer but from the entire council standing by what decision they would have made as it relates to that particular project.”