GRFU pleased with development prospects of sport’s 2025 budget
The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) is fully supportive of this year’s historic sport budget allocation, a statement from the association revealed on Sunday.
Almost two weeks ago, Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh announced sport’s $8 billion 2025 allocation while unveiling Guyana’s $1.382 trillion 2025 budget in the National Assembly at the Arthur Chung Conference Center (ACCC) at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.
The GRFU has voiced its appreciation for sport’s 2025 budget allocation
GRFU’s statement on sport’s historic allocation read, “The budget on a whole is very impressive, the amount of good that it would do cannot be overstated. Kudos to the Government of Guyana. When it come specifically to the budget for sports, the Union thinks… it’s well needed and deserved, with the budget being almost doubled for 2025. We now can have a more positive outlook on the year ahead. “
The new budgetary allocation coupled with the Union’s current relationship with the National Sports Commission (NSC) speak volumes in terms of the commitment to our union and other sports associations. To meet any of the top brass in the NSC is easy as a phone call away and they always offer a welcoming ear to listen to our issues, and the Union hopes that this continues especially now that they have more than enough to spend in helping sport’s development in the country.”
The direction that the Union wants to see sports heading is the exact direction we are going. From the sports academy for children and teens to the high performance centres for the elite senior sportsmen and women, our country will be on the map not only with oil and our eco-tourism, but as one of the best sporting countries in this part of the world, the GRFU added.
Sport’s 2025 Budget is a $3.4 billion improvement on what was allocated to the sector, that falls under the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport in 2024. This signals a 42.5 per cent increase in funds that will go towards the development of Guyana’s many sport disciplines, venues, and athletes.
