NINTH PARLIAMENT OF GUYANA – FIRST SESSION (2006-2007)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

NOTICE PAPER NO. 124  

 

Question No. (Q 96 Opp 95) 

Member Asking: Mr. Anthony Vieira, M.P.  

Minister Answering: The Minister of Agriculture

Robert M. Persaud, MBA, MP

 

QUESTION  

LAND GIVEN/SOLD TO MR. BUDDY SHIVRAJ

Could the Honourable Minister of Agriculture tell this National Assembly-

• How much land was taken out of the Diamond Sugar Estate Cultivation at Providence, East Bank Demerara and given/sold to Mr. Buddy Shivraj to construct an international hotel?

• If the land was given to Mr. Shivraj, could the Honourable Minister tell this Honourable House what is the market value of this land?

• If the land was sold to Mr. Buddy Shivraj, could the Honourable Minister tell this Honourabe House what was the sale price?

• Could the Honourable Minister tell this Honourable House how much additional land is to be given or sold to Mr. Buddy Shivraj for a golf course?

ANSWER

• No land was taken out of cultivation

• The land was leased to Buddy’s on, not sold, and so no valuation was required to be done.

• Land was not sold to Mr. Shivraj but leased by the Government of Guyana to him for a period of 99 years at a rental of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) per acre per annum.

• I am not aware of any public lands given to or sold to Mr. Shivraj for a golf course.

 

23-04-07

RMP