Prime Minister Mark Phillips held an outreach in Mahaica-Berbice (Region Five) on Saturday and said he will be doing this in all regions to help solve the challenges of ordinary Guyanese. “This is a visit that I intend to do to every region, so that as your Prime Minister I can interact with you, listen to you and have a fair idea as to what are the big things that are affecting you in your community and what are the big ideas that you would like me to take back to the Cabinet and to the President as we seek to conduct the affairs of State to the benefit of all Guyanese”, he said, according to a statement on his Facebook page.
The statement said that the Prime Minister, who is the Head of the Covid-19 Task Force, also appealed to the residents of Dundee, Mahaicony to take their vaccines to protect themselves against the deadly virus. He told the residents there that high on the agenda will be agricultural development projects within the region.
At the Bush Lot outreach, the Prime Minister said that work has already started.
“We have cleared 800 miles of canal from August 2nd to now and we have also reduced the land rates from $15,000 to $3,500, this is a government that didn’t only put promises in a manifesto, but also hit the ground running from August 2nd”, he said
A community meeting was also held at Rosignol, while the Prime Minister also toured A. Cayume Hakh and Sons Rice Mill at Golden Grove and R&R Business Enterprise (a hardware store) at Bath.
Location Manager of the rice mill, Reymona Ramlall, said that she was pleased to have the commitment of the Prime Minister for the development of the region and its private sector.
She said that the Mill buys paddy from hundreds of rice farmers across Region Five and Region Six and that she appreciates the commitment of the PM to assist with overcoming challenges that would hamper the sector’s growth.
Prior to those stops, the statement said that the PM had toured the Guyana Power and Light’s Onverwagt Power Station to access its operations.
He was accompanied throughout the outreach by Member of Parliament, Faizal Jaffarally; Regional Chairman, Vickchand Ramphal and other regional executives.
Among some of the concerns raised by the residents throughout the visit were: land disputes, drain-age and irrigation challenges and the upgrading of farm-to-market and community roads.
