 ug and the united minibus union ink agreement on transportation services for the turkeyen campus ug and the united minibus union ink agreement on transportation services for the turkeyen campus ug and the united minibus union ink agreement on transportation services for the turkeyen campus webmaster sat 1122019 1514 the university of guyana ug and the united minibus unionug turkeyen branch umuugtb recently signed a threeyear agreement for the union to provide a mini bus service for staffers and students who commute to and from georgetown and the east coast of demerara the agreement was signed by registrar of the university dr nigel gravesande and president of the united minibus union mr eon andrews the agreement caters for the provision of the bus service by the 47 registered route 44 bus drivers who ply the georgetown turkeyen route from 700 h to 2130 h monday to friday and 700 h to 1830 h on saturdays the current fare for that route is 12000 per person while the drivers who ply the turkeyen to mahaica route will operate from 1630 h to 2130 h from monday to friday the current national fare structure applies for villages along that route additionally the ugsticker must be prominently displayed on each bus and both drivers and conductors are required to wear the tshirts and caps provided by the union and adhere to the code of conduct agreed to by both parties at the signing meanwhile buses not registered with the umuugtb will be restricted from entering the campus for the purpose of being a transportation provider on the routes specified  contact dr nigel gravesande registrar ug cel 6239970 mr eon andrews president umu cel 6121517  ug in brief with a current enrollment of some 8000 students the university of guyana ug has graduated more than 20000 students who have gone on to successful careers locally regionally and internationally the university is also a major contributor to the national economy and to business and industry established in 1963 on a parttime basis with shared space at queens college ug moved to its own campus at turkeyen in 1970 and expanded in 2000 with the addition of the tain campus it now offers more 116 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes including the natural sciences engineering environmental studies forestry urban planning and management tourism studies education creative arts economics law medicine business optometry and nursing several online programmes are available and the ug also offers extramural classes at four locations through its institute of distance and continuing education idce the ug also offers the opportunity for student engagement in debating sports and cultural religious and professional activities like us ugturkeyencampus visit us at uogedugy public relations division january 11 2019  