House of Assembly Appoints Select Committee to Look Into Public Land Disposition in The Bahamas

(Nassau, The Bahamas) - The House of Assembly of The Bahamas has announced that it has appointed a select committee to look into the disposition of all publicly held lands.

The release issued on Monday August 10, states that this includes Crown land, land owned by the Treasurer and land owned by public corporations like the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) and Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAlC).

The Committee members are Fred Mitchell MP Fox Hill Chairman, Charles Maynard MP for Golden Isles and Minister of State for Culture, Deputy Chairman, Branville McCartney MP Bamboo Town, Minister of State for Immigration; Philip Davis MP for Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador and Kenyatta Gibson MP for Kennedy.

The communication further states that the Committee is soliciting information from the public on their concerns about publicly owned lands.

The deadline for the return of information is 31st August.

The information should be sent to the Chief Clerk, House of Assembly at P.O. Box N 3003 Nassau Bahamas or at fax no 322-1118 or at the email address: house of assembly@bahamas.gov.bs or by hand at the House of Assembly, Bay Street, Nassau.

The Committee has been empowered to send for persons and papers; to sit from place to place and to sit during the recess and members of the public should indicate whether they would wish to appear before the Committee in person under oath and whether or not they would wish for their identity to be protected.