President Irfaan Ali today announced that residents of Region 10 will soon benefit from the construction of 1000 homes.
The Head of State was at the time addressing concerns relating to job creation in Region 10 communities that were raised by representatives of a local women’s group, according to a release from the Office of the President.
“We will be engaging the young people and women in the construction of the homes,” he told the group of women.
“We need the materials for the construction of these houses to come from this region. The lumber, the sawmill, block makers and carpenters will all be engaged, if you don’t have the skills, we will bring in people to train you so that employment is created for the residents here”, the President stated.
Several Government ministers, including Charles Ramson Jnr – Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport and Dr Vindhya Persaud—Minister of Human Services and Social Security addressed the concerns of the women.
