$114B invested in Region 2 will multiply significantly next PPP/C term – President Ali

…Lima Sands, Mainstay set for major upgrades as PPP/C pledges continuity, transformation

President Dr. Irfaan Ali has declared that the more than $114 billion invested in Region Two over the last four and a half years will multiply tremendously under the next term of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C).
He pledged continued development, expanded social programs, and deeper infrastructure transformation across the Pomeroon-Supenaam region.
Speaking during a community engagement at Lima Sands, the Head of State said that the PPP/C’s hallmark has always been reliable, people-centered leadership, and the results are evident throughout Region Two – from education and health, to roads, agriculture, housing, and social services.

“Every benefit that we give your children, the women of your community, the farmers; every benefit that you’ve seen in the last four and a half years, you can expect those benefits to multiply. Multiply in the coming years. Not to decrease, but to increase”.
“My greatest honour is to be of service to the people of this country. To give my time and the time of every member of government to the people. And when people ask, how do you sleep? My rest is when the people of this country are happy and they know that every single second is dedicated in service to them,” the President said.
According to President Ali, $8.3 billion was spent on education in the region, funding new schools, the “Because We Care” cash grants, feeding programs, transportation allowances, and textbooks.
These investments, he said, are bearing fruit, with Region Two’s students consistently topping both national and regional Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) rankings.
Health infrastructure is also expanding, with a new regional hospital under construction that will employ nearly 1,000 persons. Young people in the region are being trained as nurses, pharmacists, and technicians — all funded by government — with guaranteed jobs and starting salaries of nearly $200,000 monthly.
Additionally, the Ministry of Public Works has already invested nearly $10 billion in Region Two, including the rehabilitation of Lima Sands Main Road (Phases 1–4) and Lake Mainstay Access Roads. Upcoming projects include Phase 5 of Lima Sands Road, closing for tender in June, and further works on Mainstay’s bridges and roadways, amounting to hundreds of millions more.
Plans are also underway to widen the Essequibo highway into a four-lane road, and extend hinterland connectivity through trail development and road links from Parika to Sandhill.
On agriculture, the lifeblood of the region — more than $10 billion has been invested. The President announced bold steps to construct storage facilities to hold rice during market fluctuations, improve transportation infrastructure to reduce costs for farmers, implement input stabilization programs to lower the cost of production, expand fish cage farming, with 50 new cages allocated to Region Two, and develop a state-of-the-art agro-processing and packaging hub.

Support for communities and households
Further, the Guyanese leader addressed several community concerns raised during earlier engagements with Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo. Key responses include over 60 house lots identified for teachers and single parents, with allocations due before year-end, land titles for 10 residents to be issued by end of July, two new 15-seater school buses to be delivered in two weeks and procured locally; playground rehabilitation valued at $6 million, to be executed by the Lima Sands community, and permanent public assistance for 10 persons with disabilities, to be processed by Monday.
President Ali emphasized the government’s commitment to community-led development, noting that the playground and other small-scale projects will be built by residents, with the government providing materials and funding.