| Buxton farmers yesterday had another chance to express their dissatisfaction with the state of affairs within their farmlands even as they received an additional collective compensation of $5.8M.Yesterday the farmers met with Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, to discuss drainage and irrigation works that will be undertaken within the communities of Buxton and Friendship. During that meeting, the farmers expressed their discontent with the level of compensation they have received following the clearing of their farmlands in Buxton/Friendship.Some persons noted that while they have received interim payments, they are yet to collect their full compensation.Yesterday the farmers were given additional financial support of $1M with $4.8M being allocated towards drainage, irrigation and other infrastructural works in the community.Following the meeting with the Agriculture Minister, the farmers were given their cheques.Speaking to the gathering yesterday in the Ministry’s boardroom,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, Minister Persaud noted that he recognised that some persons are still not satisfied with the compensation process.According to him, for this reason the farmers qualified for additional payments,China Jersyes Cheap, some of which they received some six weeks ago.“Today (Wednesday) we have put arrangements in place for you to have another payment because we recognize that you have not been able to get back into your activities in full gear,” Persaud added.Addressing concerns of the incomplete work in the village, Persaud told the farmers that his Ministry is willing to contract them to undertake that exercise of completing the clearing.The extent of these incomplete works is yet to be determined as well as the cost but,China NFL Jerseys, according to the Minister, employing the farmers from the village will mean giving them ‘some form of economic activity.’“We will work through the Farmers’ Committee but each farmer will have an opportunity to be part of that exercise and be paid in accordance to the contract that they would enter into with the Farmers’ Committee. “The work will also be over looked by the NDC and by other agencies to ensure that quality work is being done.”He pointed out that there is some interest as to when they will be able to have ‘full access and free movement’ further down in the backlands.This, Minister Persaud said,Cheap Jerseys From China, will be discussed tomorrow, when he meets with members of the Joint Services in the area.“What I can say is that we are working with you to prepare you to go back to the area where clearance has been done to allow you to engage. They (Joint Services) have already worked an arrangement out with the private cane farmers, to some extent, to allow husbandry practice…to allow the cane farmers to go and attend to their cane land because the crop is coming up.”He asked farmers to see the efforts by his Ministry as ‘a continuous exercise and know that as far as we can assist,Scarpe Nike Scontate Al 70, we will, not only by allowing you to restore to the level you were before the clearance but to increase your production.’The Minister, urged farmers not to focus on their individual problems but instead to look at the way forward.“I know it is not the ideal but we have certain constraints and we have been trying to make things as comfortable as we can for the farmers and to assist as much as we can,” Persaud said.Also present at yesterday’s meeting with the farmers were Col. Walter Morris of the Guyana Defence Force; Technical Manager of Buxton Compensation Fund, Justin Mc Kenzie; Technical Manager of Ministry of Agriculture, John Woolford;. Lionel Wordsworth, Chief Executive Officer (ag), NDIA; and Fitzroy Miller, Chairman, Farmers’ Committee Buxton/Friendship.Also yesterday,Calvin Ridley Jersey, a representative from Colin Talbert Construction Company signed a contract for the cleaning of canals in Buxton/Friendship.(Tusika Martin |
