President David Granger yesterday urged Guyanese to become part of a cultural revolution which would see the revival of “strong village economies [which will in turn] make a strong national economy.”
Granger told a forum on the State of the African Guyanese that “If we are going to construct a new economy, we have to make economic decisions the first of which is how we are employed.” He explained that “we need, as a country to explore opportunities for self-employment, entrepreneurship, and business. Every society in this world is defined by what it produces, is defined by the way it makes its living.”
The forum held at the Critchlow Labour College was the third of its kind organised by the Cuffy250 Committee. It was held under the