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The NSC headquarters on Homestretch Avenue.
The NSC headquarters on Homestretch Avenue.

Crucial financial documents missing from the NSC

 

NUMEROUS documents detailing the spending of millions of dollars at the National Sports Commission (NSC) have gone missing. Chronicle Sport confirmed that the documents are usually kept in the office of former Director of Sport Neil Kumar. Kumar had told high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Sport, including former Minister Frank Anthony, that his office was broken into where the ‘important documents’ were kept.

Former Director of Sport Neil Kumar

Former Director of Sport Neil Kumar

An official at the NSC was sceptical at giving out much information about the missing documents, but would only state, “It’s true, you can’t find nothing really pertaining to how much money was spent at the NSC. Kumar controlled everything basically”.
Checks to police stations in and around the capital showed that no report of theft at the Homestretch Avenue NSC Office was ever made.
Kumar, who sat as Sports Director of the National Sports Commission for the past 23 years, is coming under heavy scrutiny with regard to a number of irregularities at his entity during his PPP/C regime reign in Government.
Chronicle Sport reported in its Sunday, May 17 edition of millions of dollars in sport equipment had gone missing from the bond at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall where manager Bashir Khan confirmed that Kumar had collected some ‘stuff’ for a function at the ‘Palms’, that the geriatric home care unit said never happened.
According to the National Budget, 2014, a total of $885M was allocated for the NSC. This is in addition to the $2.1B that was acquired over the years.
“I would love for the new Government really investigate the NSC because as far as I know, whenever Associations approach for money, they are always told that nothing is there, no equipment is ever there to give, but yet still they collect millions every year and even during the year from the Office of the President,” said the source who also happens to be a board member of the NSC.
On December 3, 1993, the National Sports Commission Act was passed in Parliament and the current Board members include Conrad Plummer in the chairman’s seat and the Ex-Officio member is the Director of Sport, Neil Kumar.
The other members of the Board are: Vidushi Persaud, Peter Green, Alicia Fortune, Sean Richmond, Peter Abdool, Frank De Abreu, Deputy Permanent Secretary Steve Ninvalle, Hector Edwards, Pradeep Balram and Cheryl Thompson and will serve until 2016.
Ninvalle also heads the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) and oftentimes complain of never even receiving a pair of gloves from the NSC, though the agency (NSC) budget caters for all sport equipment.
The rugby and basketball teams had long been crying to the Government through the Ministry of Sport and the NSC, but both Federations had only gotten help from the Office of the President.
Meanwhile, questions are pouring in about the millions spent on the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) over the years. Guyana was set to host the first leg of the 2015 edition in August.
Sources say that meetings were already held about how the NSC will go about planning this year’s event and also send a team to the second leg in French Guiana.
“The IGG gets in excess of $20M from the NSC but only God knows how the money is spent. It comes from all over, Kumar and his team are clever, so it would be hard now for this new Government to really track where the money is coming from,” said the Board member.

 

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Lemme give you all an insight into Neil Kumar's character.

In 1974, I was a member of the PYO Central Committee. The First Secretary Feroze Mohamed asked me to travel to Coglan Dam one Sunday and address the Pouderoyen PYO group. Feroze explained that the group would hold their regular meeting and I would address them after, so I should be there around 1:00PM. The venue was Neil Kumar's parents' home. 

When I reached the place, the comrades were finishing off lunch. Kumar told me that he kept back some food for me. The plate came with some rice, a sprinkling of curry gravy, and one chicken foot with toes, the scale not properly peeled off. And one enamel cup with Kool-Aid. I have reason to believe that PYO funds were used to reimburse Kumar for the food.

Reading the newspaper report now, I'm not surprised that some sports organizations were starved of equipment and funding although $$$millions were budgeted for the NSC headed by Kumar.

 

FM
Originally Posted by Gilbakka:

Lemme give you all an insight into Neil Kumar's character.

In 1974, I was a member of the PYO Central Committee. The First Secretary Feroze Mohamed asked me to travel to Coglan Dam one Sunday and address the Pouderoyen PYO group. Feroze explained that the group would hold their regular meeting and I would address them after, so I should be there around 1:00PM. The venue was Neil Kumar's parents' home. 

When I reached the place, the comrades were finishing off lunch. Kumar told me that he kept back some food for me. The plate came with some rice, a sprinkling of curry gravy, and one chicken foot with toes, the scale not properly peeled off. And one enamel cup with Kool-Aid. I have reason to believe that PYO funds were used to reimburse Kumar for the food.

Reading the newspaper report now, I'm not surprised that some sports organizations were starved of equipment and funding although $$$millions were budgeted for the NSC headed by Kumar.

 

The man know well how to skim off the top. These guys have gotten away with a lot of hideous behavior over the years their crookishness is gonna ketch up wid dem now.

 

His other compatriot Frank Anthony will have a lot of questions to answer.

FM
Originally Posted by Tola:

Kumar lies will catch up with him.

He can lie and run, but he cant hide.

Camp street, welcome another long staying guest.   

This man owns two Prados, a $80 million house and drinks only blue label JW these days.

 

Well, he better hold on tight.  He is the fuss one that going to CAMP STREET.  The mansions and the proados caused them the elections.

 

Aunty Janet cannot save him now.

 

FM
Last edited by Former Member
Originally Posted by Brian Teekah:
Originally Posted by Tola:

Kumar lies will catch up with him.

He can lie and run, but he cant hide.

Camp street, welcome another long staying guest.   

This man owns two Prados, a $80 million house and drinks only blue label JW these days.

 

Well, he better hold on tight.  He is the fuss one that going to CAMP STREET.  The mansions and the proados caused them the elections.

 

Aunty Janet cannot save him now.

 

Put a photo of Sibley Hall, B.

FM

more frank anthony money problems..........

 

Parking Lot at Synthetic Track nothing but muddy swamp

By Staff Writer On May 19, 2015 @ 5:12 am In Sports

The state of the art National Track and Field Centre and Football Facility at Leonora was unveiled during a grand ceremony on April 17.

The state of the parking lot at the National Track and Field Centre and Football Facility at Leonora. [Orlando Charles photo) The state of the parking lot at the National Track and Field Centre and Football Facility at Leonora. (Orlando Charles photo)

During the ceremony, former president, Donald Ramotar stated:“This facility gives us the possibility of holding mega events in Guyana where we could not have done so in the past.”

However, five years since construction started and US$5M spent, the parking lot at the facility is still incomplete.

A visit to the facility yesterday showed that it is nothing but a muddy swamp.

Despite the incompletion of the facility, the past administration went ahead and commissioned the venue just weeks prior to the election. Many feel it was just a political gimmick. Since the venue was unveiled last month, no sporting activity has been hosted there.

The past minister of sport, Dr. Frank Anthony boasted that the track has “met the highest international standards and is regarded by the IAAF as the gold standard.”

But what happened to the parking lot? Where will motorists park their vehicles?

 


Article printed from Stabroek News: http://www.stabroeknews.com

FM

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