– order reportedly came from Govt. official A protest by drivers over the irregular Parika to Wakenaam ferry service has taken an ugly turn, with authorities allegedly banning one of the drivers indefinitely from boarding the ferries.The driver Mahendra Persaud, learnt that he had been blacklisted on Saturday, when a Transport and Harbours clerk barred him from boarding the MV Malali at Parika.At the time,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Persaud, who hails from Wakenaam, was preparing to be ferried back home with items that were laden on a Canter truck, GKK 5673, which he drives for his grandfather. He said that the items on the truck included perishables.“The clerk in charge of Parika say that the General Manager say that I get ban and I can’t travel,Wholesale Jerseys USA,” he said.According to Persaud, one of his brothers then drove the truck onto the MV Malali, but was told by the clerk that he, too, had been banned from using the service. When his brother refused to move the vehicle, a Transport and Harbours staff summoned the police, who had the vehicle removed and escorted the brother to the Parika Police Station. Ranks there reportedly threatened to lock the brother up and seize the vehicle, but he was eventually released.Persaud said he was forced to leave the still-loaded vehicle near the Parika stelling over the weekend. The family eventually hired a boat, reportedly at considerable cost, to take their goods to Wakenaam.A senior police official confirmed yesterday that police had received instructions from Transport and Harbours officials to remove a Canter truck off the MV Malali.“We got a call to get a Canter truck off the boat and we removed it.” The source said that he had received information that the driver had blocked other vehicles from boarding the vessel during a protest. He stressed that the police had no authority to impose such a ban.Despite repeated attempts,China NBA Jerseys, Kaieteur News was unable to contact Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn for a comment, since he was reportedly out of town.But Persaud and other relatives are pointing fingers at a senior government official for imposing the indefinite ban after he and several other truck drivers staged a protest at the Wakenaam Ferry stelling last Thursday over the irregular ferry service.Passengers plying the Parika/Wakenaam route, particularly members of the business community, have voiced their concern over the decision to have the ferries operate every other day,Adidas Hockey Jerseys Cheap, rather than daily.Last Thursday, several drivers decided to stage a protest at the Wakenaam stelling by refusing to use the ferry service.“On Tuesday…everybody, including me, say we not travelling; we need a protest to let the Ministry know that we want the boat to go in the morning and come back in the afternoon,” Persaud said.The young man said that he was first in line and had intended to board the MV Malali. However, the other drivers reportedly told Persaud that “we all together,” and he decided to park on the ramp and the ferry reportedly eventually left.According to Persaud, at around noon on Saturday, he drove to the Parika Stelling with the intention of travelling to Wakenaam when the Transport and Harbours clerk informed him that he had been banned from using the ferry.He said he was forced to leave the vehicle, laden with cement, rice, construction material and also fruits, at Parika. The family eventually hired a boat to transport the items to Wakenaam.Persaud is querying why he was singled him out, when several other drivers were involved in the protest. He alleged that on Saturday, he spoke,China Jerseys Free Shipping, by phone,Wholesale Jerseys, to a senior Government official who had reportedly issued the order.Persaud said that he apologised to the official, but got no clear indication that he would be allowed to use the ferry service any time soon.A female relative of the young man also said that the Government official, via a text message, confirmed that the Transport and Harbours staffers were acting on his orders.“I did not believe at first (that the official had issued the order) so I texted him (after not getting him on the phone) and he answered by text,” she said.According to the woman, the Government official said that he had received reports that Persaud had blocked the ferry boarding area on three occasions, a claim the woman denies.Earlier this month, several Wakenaam residents, particularly those in the business sector, lamented what they said appeared to be a new policy to have the ferry service operate every other day.According to one resident, the last ferry had left the island on a