No more second-class status for Mahdia – Min. Lawrence
DPI, Guyana, Tuesday, February 26, 2019
The occasion of Guyana’s 49th Republic anniversary was an opportunity for Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence to look back on Region 8’s past while declaring that a bright future awaits its residents.
On Friday evening, the minister inspired residents to see that there is a vision for Mahdia and the current government is determined to make
it a reality.
“The APNU/AFC Coalition has devoted its energies to create the environment which you now enjoy – paved concrete surfaces, a radio station, improved water and electricity supply, a new hospital, Magistrate’s Court, Fire Brigade. More than that, you are now the town of Mahdia.”
Minister Lawrence recalled that Mahdia was once a community of potholed red loam roads and shack houses and that communication with the rest of the country was only for those in possession of radio sets.
“You were viewed as another country, another world. Then came founder leader, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham who dared to dream of developing and transforming this community, initiating the road project in the sixties and encouraging the development of this mining community.”
The APNU+AFC administration has given the residents the opportunity to carve their future with the establishment of several services.
“Mahdia can have equity to services, the chance of empowerment as is the experience of those on the coastland.”
Further, she detailed that Mahdia, Campbellstown, Princeville, El Paso, Tumatumari, Maicobi, and other communities within Region 8 have a rich history and now boast of vast community-based development.
Moreover, Mahdia is now a town, showing the government’s commitment to local democracy and regional independence. With this, it allows for a wide range of services to be introduced to the region, giving residents a sense of access to services available on the coast.
Delicia Haynes.
Image: Ministry of Public Health.