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Sep 10, 2014 News
— AFC Councillor calls for matter to be urgently addressed
It has been described as a classic case of the ruling administration’s neglect of the people. There has been no electricity supply at the Lower Bonasika Creek Health Outpost for more than two years.
Last week, Alliance for Change (AFC) Region Three Councillor, Harry Narine Deokinanan, had cause to amplify the situation when the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Three convened its statutory meeting at the Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, Regional Office.
According to Deokinanan, although the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara locale of Bonasika Creek is not yet outfitted with electricity service as provided by the Guyana Power and Light Inc., it was some years ago afforded this facility via solar panels.
The AFC Councillor explained that the service is one that is powered by battery, but the battery which is intended to cater to the Health Outpost has been inoperable for “over two and a half years.”And according to him, he has been reliably informed that the operation of the health facility is greatly impacted because of this limitation.
“The Region was supposed to provide a battery to the health outpost and they didn’t; they neglected those people and they were shocked when I brought it up at the meeting,” said Deokinanan during a recent interview with this publication.
Deokinanan said that he was forced to bring the matter to the meeting because “this is my Region and I want this situation to be known. This situation has been happening for far too long and nothing is being done to fix it, and that cannot continue.”
The evidently concerned AFC Councillor stressed his conviction that “the administration has failed those people for not setting things in order; they should and must take the blame.”
Deokinanan qualified his argument by pointing out that the hundreds of people who reside at Bonasika Creek are also taxpayers and therefore must be adequately taken care of like the rest of the country.
“The administration must do its job properly,” added Deokinanan, even as he turned his attention to allegations that the residents of the area are further dealt a disservice by a health worker attached to the very health outpost. He explained that there are reports that can be substantiated, that the health worker has been visiting the homes of residents to offer medical service instead of seeing them at the health outpost, and has been doing this at a cost.
The AFC Councillor’s deliberations on the issues during the meeting saw Regional Chairman, Julius Faerber, assuring that the allegations concerning the Bonasika Creek situation will be seriously investigated.
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