The Ministry of Communities spent 2016 focused on rebuilding the system of regional and local administration to ensure community participation in governance, according to the ministry’s end-of-year report, which explains that the move was aimed at advancing efficiency and effectiveness by empowering local democratic organs and preparing them for aspects of decentralised government services.
Consequently, the ministry has hailed the March, 2016 local government elections as a significant milestone in the life of every Guyanese and a pivotal step in the restoration and rehabilitation of the collapsed system of local governance.
Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan told a press conference yesterday that these elections have