What has happened to our contributions?

IN July of 2012, the people of Linden at the behest of our local leaders came out in protest against the high cost of electricity rates that were being proposed on us Lindeners by this Government.

This protest lasted for over one month and unfortunately resulted in the loss of life of three innocent people. Several important buildings were also destroyed by fire, amongst which was the One Mile Primary School. After the destruction of this school by fire, we the residents of Linden were informed by our very own Regional Chairman, Mr. Sharma Solomon, that the One Mile School will be rebuilt by us, the residents of Linden, and he asked for our help to rebuild the school. We contributed our money and some people their labour, chipping in with our five thousand and one thousand and five hundred dollars, however much we could afford because we want to be sure that our children are comfortable to learn.
The Regional Chairman and the MP Vanessa Kissoon collected all of this money and work started on the school. Now we see that the Government is building a new school and this new building is separate from the old structure that was cleared up and a little work was done with our contributions. We were told that over $12M was collected from residents and other persons and organisations locally and overseas to rebuild the school, apart from contributions that people made of materials, and we are left to wonder what has become of our contributions, since the new building is being built by the Government. When the question was asked, the Regional Chairman talked about some audit that will be done on the $12M or so that was collected, but for over a year now no audit has been done.
So I am just asking if they could say how much money in total was collected and how much of this money they still have and what arrangements will they make for this money that is remaining since the Government is now building the school.
I would also like to ask Mr. David Granger, who is the Leader of the APNU, to ensure that Mr. Sharma Solomon and Ms. Vanessa Kissoon account to the people of Linden and others outside of Linden for the monies collected.
We are hearing all sorts of comments about the usage of these monies, but I do not want us to be distracted. Monies were collected by these leaders (over $12M) and they must account to the people for it. I will reserve any further comments on this and other issues, while I eagerly await a positive response.

ALEX CORT

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