GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 4, CMC – The chief executive officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), Sherwyn Greaves, has resigned from the Government Department, less than 24 hours after questions had been raised about land deals at Ogle in Guyana and his purchase of properties in New York.
“Let me be crystal clear: my resignation is purely a personal choice and in no way an admission of guilt. Everything I have achieved has been through hard work and can be fully justified,” Greaves said in a statement on Tuesday.
“However, these posts have caused significant distress to my family and impacted our mental well-being. While I take great pride in the work we’ve accomplished at CHPA and the many milestones we’ve reached, stepping away now is in the best interest of my family and the organization.
Greaves said he did not enter public service “to be subjected to such vilification,” adding that the social media posts “are not only upsetting but also irresponsible, inflicting immense mental strain on individuals and their families”.
Over the last weekend, questions were raised on social media by the leader of the opposition Alliance for Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes, about the sale of 30 acres of land at Ogle to a company owned by a US-based Guyanese real estate magnate and the purchase and flipping of properties in New York in the name of Greaves from another company linked to the real estate magnate.
Greaves, who has been at the head of the CHPA since 2020, has remained silent on his property purchases in New York, even as the Central Housing and Planning Authority and the Minister of Housing, Collin Croal, both issued statements on the sale of Government lands to real estate developers.
In defending the process and responding to concerns about the price tag, the Housing Minister indicated that the GUY$30 million (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) per acre price tag was standard and had been in place for a number of years, even under the former government.
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