Minister Juan Edghill took time from duties to thank Region 10 supporters

Dear Editor,
On Sunday, the hardworking cabinet Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, took time off from his duties to visit several Peoples Progressive Party Civic stronghold bases in Region #10, and thank the many supporters, residents and activists.
Minister Edghill indicated that the Irfaan Ali Administration is working assiduously to present an emergency national budget within the next 21 days to help cushion the current economic impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. He said the country and the people of Guyana need help, which is not available in many of the sectors unless we have an early but emergency budget, which this administration is working assiduously to get done.
The country has been operating without a budget in 2020, after the David Granger-led A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change APNU/AFC Administration fell in 2018 after a vote of no confidence and five months’ delay in declaring a winner of the March 2,2020 General and Regional Elections.
The previous Government was still accessing billions of dollars from the treasury, and removed more than $116 billion, which must be considered a corrupt spending spree that it had embarked on. Many of the Ministries awarded contracts although they knew that there was no money to fulfil the contracts. The previous Government released over a billion dollars for COVID-19 related activities from the Capital side.
The Minister assured everyone that Government is still mobilising the $4.5 billion to help Guyanese households combat COVID-19 pandemic, and there are plans to recognise all frontline health workers. He assured that appropriate recognition would be given.
He encouraged Government’s supporters to go out and assure everybody that, now that the elections have been declared, it is time for us to provide the services and deliver on the promises we have said that we would do in our manifesto.
He also emphasised that any new amenities in the communities would be built within the framework of sustainability. The works will continue to better take care of our residents. He said the hard work never ends; it does not matter for whom our residents voted, President Ali’s Administration is committed to residents in Region Ten and to every Guyanese.
He also thanked volunteers, activists and supporters for being the backbone of the Region 10 team, and he said that many of them have been with the party for many years, they sacrificed their personal time because they shared the same belief as the Party. He said that we have to take care of our residents to the best of our abilities; without the Party’s supporters, we would never be able to serve our residents as effectively. The supporters are not just volunteering to serve the party, they are volunteering to serve all our residents.
Minister Edghill, following all COVID-19 procedures and guidelines, interacted with the residents, who were extremely excited over the visit.
Minister Edghill, the people of Region #10 thank you for your kind words and guidance. Your encouragement meant a lot to us. We admire your leadership and decision- making skills, we hope to continue hearing from you. We appreciate all your encouragement and support. Please accept our heartfelt gratitude as you continue to work for the future development of Region #10.

Sincerely,
David Adams