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Less than a day after the $102M Port Mourant Market was commissioned on the Corentyne,Marlon Humphrey Jersey, confusion reigned yesterday among vendors and stall-holders.Regional Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha was summoned to the scene to quell the disgruntled vendors and to restore calm.There is, what appears to be,Kyle Korver Hawks Jersey, a controversy surrounding the allocation of stalls at the market.Vendors kicked up a ruckus yesterday as they expressed frustration and disgust at the manner in which the allocation of stalls was done.According to reports reaching this newspaper,Deion Sanders Falcons Jersey, the market is not large enough for the number of vendors bent on using the facility.When Kaieteur News arrived on the scene, a long line of vendors was seen,NFL Jerseys Cheap China, while police officers monitored the exercise.The vendors were trying to collect tickets and numbers to occupy stalls, which are said to be in high demand.The new Port Mourant Market,Deion Jones Falcons Jersey, unlike the old structure, is now sectionalized. Various categories of items such as meat, fish and vegetables would be sold in different sections.This has caused uproar among some vendors as they were not able to acquire their ‘favourite’ place in the market.However, this newspaper spoke with several vendors, one of whom had been selling at the market for 18 years. She named one regional official who organized the allocation of stalls and deemed the entire process unfair and biased.“One person get three and four stand. One person was given 15 stand [stall],China Jerseys Cheap,” she said. She noted how unfair it was that there seems to be some sort of favouritism relating the positioning of stalls and space as well.Vendors also allege that stalls at ‘prestigious locations’ (in the market) are being sold ‘underhand’ at very high prices.A fish vendor stated that she believes that a two-storied market was supposed to have been constructed and she accused the officials of corruption.“How this market can cost over a hundred million dollar; just a small one story market?” (Leon Suseran) |
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