Dear Editor,
Please permit me a space in your newspaper to publicly express my plea to the Ministry of Housing & Water, and more particularly officials from the Central Planning and Housing Authority, to visit the township of Corriverton to address many of our housing and water needs. Editor, it’s no doubt that many of the towns, and more particularly Georgetown, was graced with many of these “Dream Realized” outreaches, why not us? Are we not, too, entitled to easy access to services of the Government? Are the young professionals of Corriverton not entitled to young professional homes in Corriverton?
Editor, I recall there was the announcement of the development of young professional homes for Lindeners, why was this not yet done for the young people of Corriverton? Why isn’t there to date, an urban-rural policy, like in New Zealand, with enshrined policies to help rural people get out of the impoverishment that usually plagues rural life and allow them to unlock the potential of urban life? Editor, what many in urban life take for granted is often considered a fortune for us. Editor, almost all the towns in Guyana have a Housing Office except, I believe, Rose Hall and Corriverton. Editor, please let me be frank in that I am in no way pointing a finger at the Ministers, I know they both have transformed the lives of many. However, I think it’s time the lives of the people of Corriverton too become transformed. I look forward to attending this forum to help address my housing needs soon.
Sincerely,
Bhanmattie Shewprashad, B.Sc., M.Sc.
