{"id":22712,"date":"2024-09-09T13:37:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T13:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22712"},"modified":"2024-09-09T13:37:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T13:37:40","slug":"legal-actions-imminent-against-ndcs-for-illicit-property-transactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/legal-actions-imminent-against-ndcs-for-illicit-property-transactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Actions Imminent Against NDCs for Illicit Property Transactions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>B<em>y Saskia Warrick<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, has announced that legal actions will soon be taken against Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) involved in the illegal sale and rental of public properties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall issued a stern warning to Councilors to cease these unauthorized activities immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports have surfaced indicating that some NDCs are engaged in the illicit sale and rental of public lands, with Councilors themselves purchasing these properties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such actions are deemed illegal as they fall outside the functions of the Council, which requires explicit permission from the Minister of Local Government for such transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall outlined that legal proceedings will commence shortly, holding both buyers and sellers accountable for these illegal transactions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that Councilors are elected to manage community services such as waste collection, sanitation, and maintenance of roads and markets, not to engage in property transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General also highlighted that public lands not currently occupied in communities are designated for specific purposes and should not be sold off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This issue underscores the importance of adhering to legal frameworks designed to protect public assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, approximately 95% of NDC Councilors and overseers nationwide underwent training in legal affairs, financial management, community involvement, and record management to enhance their roles and responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Legal Affairs is determined to enforce these regulations to prevent further misuse of public lands and ensure proper governance within NDCs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick The Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, has announced that legal actions will soon be taken against Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) involved in the illegal sale and rental of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22712","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=22712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22729,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22712\/revisions\/22729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}