The PPP/C says job creation will be its “highest priority” if it is re-elected at the May 11th general elections and President Donald Ramotar yesterday said a robust five-year plan has been structured to ensure improvements in every sector of the country so that all can be assured a better life under his government.
Ramotar, speaking at the launch of the PPP/C’s manifesto in the ballroom of the Marriott Hotel, said the party does not make promises that cannot be fulfilled.
Assuring that the manifesto, titled ‘Our Vision: Guyana Version 2.0,’ was not a “public relations gimmick” or a ploy to buy votes, he emphasised the party’s realistic goals.
“We have never promised what is beyond our capacity. We have never cultivated false expectations. We have never deceived the Guyanese people. We deliver on our promises,” he said to applause from most of the persons in the audience, while assuring that his government will deliver on what has been promised.
According to the manifesto, the PPP/C’s highest priority will be to create a Guyana where every person of working age “is able to obtain gainful and fulfilling employment and/or become self-employed.” It stated that in order for its vision to be realised, the government must first ensure that educational opportunities expand, while placing special emphasis on better alignment with the skill requirements of the new productive sectors.
It promises the creation of more than 5,000 jobs from the construction of call centres in Enmore, Tuschen, Corentyne, Linden and the Essequibo Coast. It also says that there will be job creation through the construction of chip factories in Wakenaam and Leguan and construction of a cereal plant in Anna Region. A special development fund for regions Two, Five, Six and Ten, patterned after the Amerindian Community Development Plan, will