…as mansions go up and silence continues on Pradoville 2Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, yesterday said that he had called Region Ten Chairman Mortimer Mingo as a friend and likely neighbour to inform him of his allocation of a house lot at the shady Pradoville 2 housing development.The government continues to spurn a full or even partial disclosure into the allocation of lots to Government elites and their close associates aback Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara.It was Mingo who had gone to the press to say that he was called by Dr Luncheon to inform him of the allocation,China Jerseys Free Shipping, but yesterday Dr Luncheon put the controversial housing development into further dodgy waters.Asked under what authority he called Mingo,Cheap NBA Jerseys China, Dr Luncheon said: “It really wasn’t an authority that was needed to advise close friends and likely neighbours about opportunities that had become known to me.”The calls from opposition parties and others for the government to come clean on the matter has been largely ignored,? as sprawling mansions continue to be built, including that of President Bharrat Jagdeo.Jagdeo had sold his house at the first Pradoville at Ogle, also on East Coast Demerara, and then proceeded to commence construction at Goedverwagting. His neighbours would include Dr Luncheon, the Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud and other top Government functionaries and friends.Dr Luncheon confirmed that among others allocated a lot is Dr Ghansham Singh, who only recently re-migrated to Guyana and is a relative of Dr Nanda Gopaul, the Permanent Secretary of the Office of the President.“Ghansham Singh is indeed one of my neighbours,” Luncheon said.The first Pradoville at Ogle got its name because Prados were the preferred vehicles for those who were afforded lots there.? Given the same exclusive development aback Sparendaam, that area was given the name Pradoville 2.The Housing Minister, Irfaan Ali, has refused to detail the process under which the lands were offered and at what price.He said that the Central Housing and Planning Authority elaborated several mechanisms which include high income development.? Ali said that land was subject to approved valuation and sold at market value.Recently, the Ministry of Housing released a copy of the “bounced” $1.5M cheque that Region Ten Chairman,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, Mortimer Mingo, had given to the Ministry for a house lot in the scheme.According to Mingo, he had received an offer of a house lot from Dr. Luncheon, and that he sent the cheque for the land, but later initiated steps to ensure that no payments would be made when he found out that his colleagues did not receive a similar offer.In his press statement, Mingo alleged that it was some time on or about August 2010, that Dr Luncheon called him and informed him that the Government of Guyana was in the process of allocating house lots at Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara, where the radio antennas were.Mingo said that Luncheon disclosed that the land was being given to senior Government functionaries and Regional Chairmen.Yesterday, Dr Luncheon said that he spoke based on the information he had about who would be his neighbours.“I only know about what I know,Jerseys NFL Cheap,” Dr Luncheon said,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, suggesting that his information now is that senior government functionaries are not the only ones being allocated lands at Pradoville 2.