Essequibo Land Holding in Land Registration areas to be restored

download (21)Georgetown : Residents can expect better delivery of services, as the Land Registry will embarking on capacity building in 2016, aimed at ensuring that all staff members are equipped to discharge their duties efficiently.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams announced that the Land Registry’s service to Essequibo will resume and the records of Land Holding in Land Registration areas will be restored and preserved. He was at the time delivering his presentation during the 2016 National Budget Debate in the National Assembly, today. 

The Land Registry is now located centrally and has made tremendous strides in removing the years of debilitating slothfulness, Minister Williams explained.

The Attorney General pointed out that the Land Registry is now located, “and has made tremendous strides in removing the years of debilitating slothfulness”.

Noting that in August 2015, the state of the land registry was  fraught with a backlog  of Private transfers totalling , 3, 500; Ministry of Housing transfers, 5000; mutilated/lost titles, 325 and mortgages, over 650, this backlog has been reduced to Private transfers, 2, 500; Ministry of Housing transfers, 1, 600; mutilated /lost titles, 275 and mortgages, 640.