Govt commended for hands-on approach
DPI, Guyana, Thursday, 14, 2019
The work of the Coalition Government, since taking office is not going unnoticed. Minister and government officials have been travelling the length and breadth of Guyana meeting with the citizens and listening to and addressing their concerns.
Regional Chairman of Region 8, Bonaventure Fredericks commended the government for their hands-on approach to ensuring there is continued development in the health, education, agriculture, infrastructure and business sector among others.
“These are the kind of ministers we need to be visiting all the regions. Ministers who will have a hands-on approach to tackling the issues in our regions,” the Regional Chairman underscored.
Bonaventure was addressing resident of Kato during a recent visit by Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton and a team.
Regional Chairman of Region 8, Bonaventure Fredericks [far right] with Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton [center] on his recent visit to Kato, Region 8
While the school was constructed three years ago, under the former administration at the cost of almost $1Billion, it was never commissioned as a number of structural defects had to be remedied by the Coalition Government costing more than $100M, before students and teachers could occupy the building.
Since 2015, all 10 administrative regions and communities countrywide have experienced tremendous development under the Coalition Government. It is under this administration that many communities received potable water, roads, street lights and electricity for the very first time. The government has also decentralised several of its services such as the issuing of passports and driver’s licenses.
Only recently, 20 government ministers undertook outreaches in several communities across the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region, where they visited 32 villages. The outreach was organised to listen to the concerns of the residents and to craft solutions.
Isaiah Braithwaite
Image: Leon Leung