President David Granger on Sunday evening told the residents of Victoria village that they should be proud of their village’s history as their ancestors, despite their struggles, persevered and pioneered economic independence and democratic empowerment.
“Victoria is not the mother of all villages. It is not the grandmother of all villages. It is the great grandmother of all villages. And tonight, we acknowledge that it was Victoria which started the great village movement. It is Victoria which lit the flame that encouraged us to dream of equality, equality of all people; the prospect of economic prosperity and the meaning of true liberty after the most degrading punishment as enslaved labourers on the plantations of Guyana,” he said, according to a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency.