AFC admits economy is unstable

Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes urges Guyanese citizens to “keep the faith” as the Government battles to stabilise Guyana’s economy.
Speaking to the media at an Alliance For Change (AFC) press conference on Friday, Hughes said Guyanese are still experiencing an economy which has not yet been kicked into full gear.
According the Minister, Guyanese need to be patient as the Government is currently getting its footing.
“Guyanese are experiencing the effects of an economy which has not yet kicked into full gear.
The party is cognisant that the country is poised at a point that in the next several months, with the unfolding of some major infrastructural projects and the intensification of the preparations for the oil and gas sector, that there will be an expected pickup in economic activities, which will benefit all Guyanese,” the Minister disclosed.
Hughes appealed to the nation to exercise patience and to take this opportunity to prepare and participate in an economy which is showing, according to her “clear and definite signs of improvement.”
Hughes admonished Guyanese to work with Government toward national development and food security.
“We wish to encourage all Guyanese to contribute in every possible way towards national development and food security and to make a special effort to grow more, even if it’s at the level of a small kitchen garden, and to seek opportunities to target niche markets and to create new products and new service that will enhance the Guyanese experience,” she encouraged.
Over the past months, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has been arguing that the business community in Guyana continues to face many challenges in light of the declining state of the economy with no long-term or short-term plan(s) being introduced by Government.