Cabinet outreach in Region 10 was highly successful

Dear Editor,
Over the last weekend, October 29/30, 2023, His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali held a cabinet outreach in Region 10, in keeping with the People’s Progressive Party/Civic Government’s policy and principle of engaging the people throughout the country to listen to issues that may be affecting their communities, villages, towns and regions, and also to update the residents on Government’s programmes and plans for the regions and the country as a whole, working towards a one Guyana initiative to benefit everyone.
While the PPP/C always has yearly cabinet outreaches, ministers and senior official are mandated by His Excellency to be in contact with the people at all times. At the outreach to various communities in Region 10, many developmental and personal issues were raised by residents, which were documented for the cabinet and the RDC to address.
The President, before going out on his visits, commissioned a brand-new, state-of-the-art x-ray machine at the Mackenzie Hospital. He then went on his visits to several communities, and made several commitments, such as the building of a new primary school at Malali to replace the old school which is always subjected to flooding during heavy rainfall. Also, a doctor’s quarters will be erected, and the operation of a quarry on the reservation will be approved. A new wharf will also be built at Linden to accommodate goods and service for upper Demerara riverine communities.
His Excellency also, in keeping with the objective of food security, stated that Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, would place a vital role on a special project of having 10 acres of land to be cultivated, of which 35 per cent of the involvement of the agro-project must be women. Also, 77 solar panels were presented to that village.
Residents of 47 & 58 Miles and Great Falls would also receive solar panels, a bus will be given to the communities to take the children to school, free eye care programme will be rolled out, and several black water tanks would be delivered to the communities, while GWI will be digging wells. Those villages will also benefit from agriculture assistance.
Several issues were also raised in Berbice riverine communities, such as agriculture assistance and request for a secondary school to be built at Wiruni, which will be done.
Many other mega-projects are ongoing in that location, such as the G$150 million wharf project at Tacoma, black eye peas are to be cultivated at Kimbia, barley and millet will also be produced in Berbice riverine areas. Also, the expansion of corn and soya bean cultivation is ongoing.
At Kwakwani, the recreational facility will be upgraded, GWI is to drill a well there, continued agriculture support will be given, also all-weather roads will be done in the village.
The village of Ituni will receive a 30-seater bus to take children to school in Linden, a new primary school will be built, and black water tanks will be given to the residents. Also, assistance will be given to agriculture.
At Coomacka Mines, Three Friends, Siberian and Nottinghamshire villages, the upgrading will continue, agriculture assistance will continue, 45 outstanding land issues will be resolved, and work will be done on the other areas in terms of land titling. 100 black water tanks will be delivered, and the Ministry of Agriculture will work with the residents in developing 20 acres of land for agriculture, of which 35% must be women on the project. Recreational facilities will be upgraded.
At Linden, several issues were raised as to land title, road development, poor waste disposal collection, lease for agriculture lands, requesting CDCs to be formed at back section of Block 22, Prosville and Andy Ville. New homes will be made for three Moblissa teachers. There are other minor issues that would be addressed.
It must be noted that over G$2 billion is being spent on the road network in Linden, and other massive development is ongoing in Region 10, which I will be highlighting in a subsequent report to the people of Region 10 and the nation.

Sincerely,
Andrew Forsythe
Regional Coordinator