Crown Land for Bahamians

ACTION TAKEN

YOUR CROWN LAND IS GIVEN

TO FOREIGNERS

WITHOUT THEM SPENDING

A PENNY IN YOUR COUNTRY

WHO OWN THE CROWN LAND?

Crown land is held in trust by the state, with the Prime Minister alone being the statutory trustee of the land.

Under law, the Prime Minister cannot ignore applications. In deciding whether to grant or not, he could only take into account legally relevant factors and he cannot take into account legally irrelevant factors and the decision must be based on rational grounds and he cannot act arbitrarily or politically. He must exercise his power for the benefit of the Bahamas - and the Bahamas consists of 375,000 Bahamian citizens.

A WTF MOMENT...

The Government proposed a 21-year lease of reclaimed Crown Land at Nygard Cay to its fashion mogul owner, with an annual rental rate pegged at $25,000.

#Documents obtained by Tribune Business reveal that the Christie administration sought to justify the lease on the grounds that it was needed to support an “estimated $50 million touristic development” at Nygard Cay.

DID YOU KNOW. . .

“We are not children in our own country, but mature adults who can vote and have rights. I call on them to reveal how many applications have been made, how many have been granted, how many haven’t been answered and how many are outstanding.”

FIVE to 10 applications for crown land are typically given to the Department of Land and Surveys daily, Acting Director Richard Hardy told The Tribune

“Land never loses its value and it is extremely important for people to begin to understand that the government is the trustee for the beneficiaries and people who have applied for crown land or who want to do development should clamour and make noise and demand that their rights as a beneficiary are respected.”