{"id":13066,"date":"2023-10-09T13:01:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T13:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13066"},"modified":"2023-10-09T13:01:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T13:01:50","slug":"linden-utilities-services-coop-society-ltd-prepares-for-new-interim-management-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/linden-utilities-services-coop-society-ltd-prepares-for-new-interim-management-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Linden Utilities Services Coop Society Ltd. Prepares for New Interim Management Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The tenure of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) overseeing the Linden Utilities Services Coop Society Limited (LUSCSL) came to an end on September 30, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IMC was appointed in April 2022 after it was discovered that the cooperative was facing issues of mismanagement and lack of transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Co-operative Department, under the Ministry of Labour, is currently working with LUSCSL to appoint a new seven-member IMC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, expressed his intention to facilitate a smooth transition and return the Co-op to its members under more effective management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Hamilton met with the outgoing IMC to discuss concerns about the pace of efforts to address the Co-op&#8217;s issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the importance of updating the membership register and organizing an Annual General Meeting (AGM) to facilitate the election of new Co-op management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AGM is expected to take place either by the end of this year or in early 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister&#8217;s primary concern is to ensure the continued provision of electricity services to the community of Wismar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He underscored that any elected management committee should work in the best interest of its members, as all members hold equal rights and shares in their respective societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the government aims to avoid direct management of co-ops, friendly societies, or credit unions, Minister Hamilton emphasized the importance of accountability and transparency in their operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tenure of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) overseeing the Linden Utilities Services Coop Society Limited (LUSCSL) came to an end on September 30, 2023. The IMC was appointed in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13069,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13066\/revisions\/13069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}