New EPA office for Linden

─ another demonstration of govt decentralising its services for the benefit of its people

DPI, Guyana, Friday, May 3, 2019

The government continues to demonstrate its commitment to decentralising its services to have it accessed by all Guyanese. This is evident as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be opening its Linden sub-office this month.

Executive Director of the EPA, Dr. Vincent Adams made this pronouncement following the recent ‘Government comes to you’ outreach held in the mining town of Linden, on Tuesday last.

Dr. Adams noted that the office is the first step in reaching out to the agency’s clientele while ensuring that there is greater efficiency in the services provided. “It’s the intent of the government to ensure that the right things are in place and to get all the opportunities available in Georgetown to citizens across the board.”

Previously, any resident desirous of accessing the EPA’s services would have had to travel from the region to Sophia, Greater Georgetown.

Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon, recently commissioned a new $32M sub-office for the EPA in Whim, East Berbice-Corentyne (Region 6).  The new Linden office will mark the second sub-office for the agency.

Adams cited the new Linden Office as a ‘major step forward in reaching customers’.

The new EPA offices come on the heels of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission’s (GL&SC) New Amsterdam sub-office, which was commissioned in March and soon-to-be-opened Passport offices in several regions.

Nateshia Isaacs

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