Dear Editor,
The Guyana Public Service Union joins with the rest of the nation in marking the historic milestone and remarkable achievement of first oil. The fact that Guyana is now officially a petroleum producing nation and even more so, looks set to be included in the top twenty petroleum producing nations globally means that this achievement is as significant as it is historic.
During the coming months and years, Guyana’s revenue projection together with the opportunities offered by this new emerging sector have the potential to positively transform the lives of all Guyanese by leaps and bounds.
The Guyana Public Service Union therefore calls on all sober minded Guyanese to take a united stance in support of the country’s development, in an effort to ensure that this new reality provides equal opportunity for all Guyanese and, results in the improvement of the Guyanese standard of living, quality of healthcare, adequate investment in quality education aimed at capacity building, Hinterland development aimed at enhancing national integration, Modernisation of our state’s institutions, etc.
Ultimately, as Guyanese we have both a collective and individual obligation to ensure that the petroleum sector is operated and managed in a manner that safeguards our interest as its first priority. This would entail environmental protection, Guyanese labour as a first choice, improvements in our socioeconomic status and, sustainable economic growth of Guyana’s economy to name a few.
No Guyanese must be left behind!
Yours faithfully,
Indira Thakurdin
Guyana Public Service Union
