… outlines major infrastructural, economic, personal development if reelected
Two days after the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) released its manifesto, President Ali explained its relevance and how it would dramatically and positively impact Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
Outlining the plan for Guyana, Ali told the community of Black Bush Polder at Mibicuri, a mainly farming community, on Wednesday, that the PPP/C’s plans will see Guyanese from neighbouring Suriname and the diaspora returning to live in Guyana.
Focusing on Region Six, Ali said it is a carefully articulated regional plan that will see investments “like you have never seen before”.
“We have a plan that will give you a new Corentyne Bridge linking Suriname with Berbice. We have a plan that will give you a new four-lane Berbice Bridge just like the Demerara River Bridge.”
Ali further detailed that the plan will see the construction of a deep-water port and the country’s second gas-to-shore line coming to Region Six.
The Head of State, who is seeking a second term in office at the upcoming General and Regional Elections, noted that an exclusive economic zone for manufacturing and industrial development for the region is also included in the plan.
Additionally, plans are underway to connect the region and the rest of Guyana to northern Brazil.
Personal development for Guyanese
Ali also said that Region Six will have a medical school and opportunities for other academic pursuits.
“We have a plan that will give all your teachers, your nurses, and your children the ability to get a diploma, a degree, a master’s, or a PhD right here in this region. We have a plan that will give you a four-lane road from New Amsterdam to Moleson Creek. We have a plan that will develop a new urban centre in Moleson Creek. A plan that will bring back home the Guyanese from Suriname. A plan that will bring back home the Guyanese from Brooklyn, from Queens, and from Toronto. A plan that will bring our people back home,” the President assured.
He said the plan he speaks of will guarantee the success of the country and will guarantee the security of Guyana and will ensure that all women will rise to the realisation of their full potential.
“We have a plan in which every single child can aspire to be whatever he or she wants to be, knowing that their Government will invest in them to be whatever he or she wants to be. We have a plan here in Region Six that will give you your own international stadium, thousands of new houses, a national cultural market, your own entertainment complex, your state-of-the-art cricketing academy, and recreational grounds with lights across every single community and every single NDC [Neighbourhood Democratic Council]. We have a plan; we have a plan that will lift you like you’ve never been lifted before.”
That plan, President Ali noted, will also see the cost for cooking gas being almost the lowest in the world, while electricity costs will be cut by half. More lands, he said, will also be opened for housing and farming.
“That will give your young people land. We have a plan that will invest in the technology to raise you up as a people living in fulfilment.”
Ail referred to his next five-year term in office, if re-elected, as one that will be moving at a fast pace because of the amount of work to be done. Ali told Black Bush Polder.
