Minister’s Family Accused of Land Grab | Guyana News

Opposition leader Azruddin Mohamed is accusing Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha of secretly handing over thousands of acres of prime gold-mining land to his family—nearly 3,000 acres to the daughter-in-law and over 2,000 each to two sons—claiming they secured the deals through political influence, not merit. Mohamed alleges the family is leasing the land to foreign firms for profit and laundering money, pushing out small-scale Guyanese miners who face harassment and equipment seizures. He demands Mustapha’s resignation over what he calls a catastrophic failure of transparency. Mustapha denies all claims, calling them retaliatory and baseless, insisting his children operate legally in medium-scale mining and pointing out that Mohamed’s own family holds far more mining rights. He urges concrete evidence over social media accusations. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/8db1450bc444c823