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Mohammed Hussain, popularly known as Barka, 80, feels that he is being robbed three months of his pension money.The man, who resides at Leonora, West Coast Demerara, told Kaieteur News yesterday that he is a frequent visitor to Canada, since his children reside over there.He explained that although he visits Canada regularly, he still collects his $6,000 pension money on a monthly basis at the Leonora Post Office.However,cheap jerseys nfl wholesale, according to the pensioner, last July, he left Guyana for Canada to undergo surgery in his left eye. He returned in August, only to learn that he cannot collect any more of his pension money.He explained that, when he returned to Guyana, he visited the post office for his money and he was told that he needs to get his pension book signed by the office in Plantain Walk, West Bank Demerara.The 80-year-old man noted that when he arrived at the West Bank office, he was asked for some sort of identification, and it was then that he showed the officer there his Canadian passport.The man explained that the officer then seized his pension book and informed him that he is no longer entitled to any more pension, since he has a Canadian passport.The pensioner told Kaieteur News that he doesn’t understand what is going on, and why he is being denied his money.Hussain said that he was once a bodyguard for the late President Cheddi Jagan. |
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