The Kwakwani Workers’ Club in the Upper Demerara-Berbice Region has been recommissioned and handed back to the community, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.
During a service on Sunday last, both residents and guests; Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman and Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan expressed satisfaction that the project was undertaken and finally completed.
For Trotman, who was behind the project from inception, it was a moment of appreciation.
“When I first entered into this building some years ago, there was actually a church service taking place, it was a Sunday like today and I was given the opportunity of speaking to the gathering after the service and I have said to the people where ever I have been, that something happened in this building on that day, that left me a changed person and it would appear that it left Kwakwani a changed place as well”, Trotman recounted.
The minister had committed then to working on renovating the building. Earlier in March, DPI said, a meeting was held with residents to discuss the way forward on the project, during this time an approximate cost of $10M was given.
On Sunday, Trotman expressed his gratitude to Variety Woods, Inter-national Imports and Supplies, Metallica Incor-porated and the Guyana Geology and Mines Com-mission for supporting the project.
