… seeks lawyers’ interventionAs drama continues over an alleged illegal land sale in Lamaha Gardens, that now has Chief Co-operative Development Officer, Kareem Abdul-Jabar in hot water, the state agent has requested seven days to respond to the allegations. He says that he needs to seek legal advice.This has thus been granted according to sources; adding to the two days that Jabar was initially given by the Public Service Commission (PSC).An insider at the Ministry of Labour said that Jabar requested from the PSC one week to answer charges that he illegally sold a plot of land at Lot 42 Durbana Square.According to the source the Co- operative officer who has been sent on administrative leave to facilitate investigations into the matter, is discussing his next move with lawyers as he is supposed to go before the PSC to relate his part played in the sale of the Lamaha Gardens community property.The officer’s seven days will be up by Tuesday next week and a response is expected for the PSC. According to senior officials,Jerseys From China, it is likely that if found culpable, Jabar could face disciplinary measures at the administrative level.Jabar is said to be responsible for the dissolution of Co-operative Societies, once they do not meet the required criteria. It was with this power that the co –op officer said he dissolved the Civil Service Association (CSA); the co-operative responsible for the land,Wholesale Jerseys 2018, and later selling the property to a private businessman.Concerned parties however claimed corruption in the land sale since they said that no one was informed of the sale, that it was conducted within one month,Wholesale Jerseys, that the CSA was illegally dissolved and that the land was sold way below market price. Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) made claims for the property after residents in the community also cited that the land belonged to the public service.The information is that during the early 1960s when Lamaha Gardens was being developed into a high end residential area for public servants, the land now sold was designated for a community recreation ground. At that time, the CSA was responsible for the property while the residents maintained it.The CSA is now GPSU, and the land was initially under the CSA co-operative. The Chief Co-operative officer reportedly dissolved the co-op claiming that less than seven members existed. The community was however able to produce more than 15 members that held original land titles for property under the CSA; making the co- op valid.In addition,Wholesale Jerseys, GPSU claimed that the land is public service property since the entity is the successor of the CSA, and as at November 2011,wholesale jerseys, GPSU was owing tax on the property to City Hall.The concerned parties charged that the land was sold illegally, “to a businessman with high connections.” They said that 5500 sq ft of land in the upscale area is sold for approximately $30M-$35M?but the now controversial property, estimated at six times that size, was reportedly sold for $25M. They also said that it was during the Christmas season last year that the land was sold; within a one month period which is highly irregular.None of the community members or the co-op members was ever contacted. GPSU said despite writing the authorities on the land sale, the property was sold without a correspondence being sent to the public service.The land sale caused much commotion from residents, causing President Donald Ramotar to intervene and demand that an investigation be launched into the matter. The result of the probe by Labour Minister Dr Nanda Gopaul highlighted irregularities in the transaction.According to the report, several agency policies and procedures were breached,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, while the bank account where the land money was placed in the liquidator’s name, is also said to be unethical.