Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday spearheaded the distribution of the Government’s flood relief cash grants at several locations in East Berbice–Corentyne (Region Six) to the tune of around $1b, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
Addressing beneficiaries at Auchlyne, Lesbeholden, Yakusari, Johanna and Mibicuri, Mustapha said the Government will continue to make investments in the agriculture sector and more importantly, in the citizens.
“The Government is trying to help us, there were many times in this country when we had flood in 2017/2018 and nobody received anything. Now we are receiving something from the Government and let me be very frank with you all, since we got into Government, we are trying our utmost to help the people of our country” the Minister stated, according to DPI.