President Irfaan Ali on Friday announced a two-week tax-free Christmas bonus for members of the Guyana Defence Force, while assuring that their lives and conditions of service would improve as the country develops.
“I assure you that not only are we concentrating on a bag of goodies at Christmas time, but we are concentrating on lifetime change, lifetime opportunity. And I assure you that during my tenure in office, your life, your family life will be better and you will be better equipped for the future,” Ali told soldiers stationed at Kaikan in Region Seven (Cuyuni- Mazaruni), where the announcement was made.
Ali joined ranks stationed at Kaikan and residents of the border community for Christmas lunch during a visit on Friday.