Speaker of National Assembly spreads Christmas joy at EBD, Georgetown villages

Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir over the weekend distributed gifts to children along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway and his hometown, Albouystown, Georgetown.
On Sunday, smiles were seen on the faces of children of Adventure, Silver Hill, Kairuni, Loo Creek, Banakari, Yarrowkabra, Swaan, Kuru Kuru (college) and Laluni along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway as the Speaker distributed toys and goodies. In addition, on the same day, he also distributed toys to children of Grove and Herstelling on the East Bank of Demerara.
A team of parliamentary officials, including Parliamentary Executive Officer, Carlleta Charles along with Personal Assistant to the Speaker Ean Mc Pherson were on-site to distribute the presents.
Charles shared greetings on behalf of the Speaker which was very much appreciated by the children at the various locations. The children were also entertained with some dance moves and they even participated in carolling.
The team was assisted by community organisers who made it possible for the children to receive their toys. The Speaker’s Christmas Outreach Programme aims to distribute toys to 7000 children in Guyana.

Meanwhile, a similar exercise was held on Saturday, December 19, 2020, which saw more than 1000 children from Albouystown, Meadow Bank, and the Middle Road, La Penitence area receiving toys.
An Albouystown resident himself, Nadir received a warm welcome from the residents.

He extended Christmas greetings to the children and parents.
In addition, residents of the Meadow Bank area expressed their gratitude as they received gifts from Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Issacs. Also present at the drive were Production Technician, Alanzo Scipio and several other parliamentary officials.