Dear Editor,
It’s been over 5 months now that His Excellency, Irfaan Ali, iterated that government has been working with bilateral partners to tackle the rise of fertilizer prices here in the hopes of getting a supply of fertilizer to farmers that would lessen the current prices they’re paying. I’m sure myself and many other Guyanese would take it to mean that government was hoping to do, just as in 2014, and bring in a shipment of fertilizer and provide it at a low cost to farmers.
Now yesterday, the Honorable Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, at a forum in Essequibo, stated that government will not be doing that as it makes no sense, after he was posed with a question by one of the attendees in the audience. So does this mean that President Ali was not forthright with the farmers about his government looking to help farmers out in regards to getting them cheaper fertilizer?
Sincerely,
Brian Clementson
