…at Whim
Never let it be said the Prime Minister only thinks of himself. Some very mean persons had the temerity to suggest such was the case when immediately upon being made Prime Minister of ALL the land (minus the Cabinet, unfortunately) his salary was increased by 50 per cent, his official PM’s residence was air conditioned and refurbished, he got a new Land Cruiser and the approach roads to his residence at Liliendaal were miraculously resurfaced!
Your Eyewitness says “miraculous” since the PM insisted he had nothing to do with ordering the asphalting!! It was by sheer coincidence – and serendipity for the PM – that of all the roads in Guyana, the Public Works Department that took months to fix a frightening sinkhole at one of the busiest intersections in Guyana; picked on his road!! Hey…good things happen to some people, OK?
Anyhow the clincher that PM Nagamootoo wasn’t just selfish or narcissistic came this week, when almost two years to the day of his own good (and lucky) fortune, the PM reached out to the people of his native village of Whim on the Corentyne Coast and had street lights installed and their roads fixed. Well…the roads weren’t asphalted but the potholes were filled with “crusher run”. After all, the folks of Whim, who grew up with the PM, would appreciate that asphalt doesn’t come cheap.
And there’s nothing personal about choosing “crusher run” for them. After all, when he ordered his $100 million new and specially equipped Land Cruiser, he DID say it was because he wanted to visit his people in Berbice. So along with the village donkey carts, his Land Cruiser will have to negotiate those same potholes as soon as the “crusher run” is quickly blown away, when next he visits his native village. The main thing is, the PM thought of his people and not only himself. And then again, we learnt he and the Prezzie both went to primary school in Whim when they both were in short pants.
Your Eyewitness is happy at the PM’s act of beneficence because he can now defend the PM against the mean and petty naysayers. Charity, like aid, begins at home. The PM had to first help himself, and now two years later has helped his village. The rest of Corentyne can now rest assured that in two years – just before the next elections – another village with some connection to the PM, will get streets and crusher run. Maybe Port Mourant where the PM went to high school?
So what about the rest of Guyana who’re in darkness – literally and figuratively? Well, dear reader, you can do the Maths: one village every two years!!
…for scholarships
The same mean spirited folks who badmouthed PM Nagamootoo because the Government took care of his “bare necessities”, are also muttering under their breaths about the Government bolting the stable gates after the horses have bolted. Well, your Eyewitness says, better late than never, no? He’s talking, of course, about the Government now making the process for awarding scholarships “transparent”, after they’d awarded some 38 scholarships to individuals close to the Government.
As a matter of fact, some of them were IN the Government!! Two Ministers, to be exact. Their scholarships had nothing to do with their substantive portfolios and this drew fire from the nattering nabobs of negativity. What they didn’t realise is this is a government that’s always thinking strategically. Ministers will be rotated to show the Government is “tough” so it’s better to qualify some Ministers for future postings!!
But the meanies were so consumed with bitterness, they didn’t notice the scholarships were only revealed just before Christmas and were simply Christmas presents!
This year the presents will be more transparent!
…getting treatment for depression
Well today is World Health Day and the theme is “Depression: let’s talk”?? Well in Guyana, we’re the world capital of suicide, which comes out of depression.
But here, we don’t talk. We march!!
