Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday oversaw the distribution of the $150,000 one-off cash grant to private cane farmers at the Windsor Forest Community Centre, Region Three.
A total of $44 million in relief cash grants were distributed to 294 private cane farmers across the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release said.
This follows a request during a previous distribution exercise with fisherfolk, by the cane farmers to be provided with aid, as they were seriously affected by the closure of estates in the region.
The Vice President was accompanied by Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha and other officials of the Agriculture Ministry, DPI said.
The Vice President urged those present to take advantage of the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) programmes being offered by the administration to develop their academic capacity.
Following a survey conducted by the agriculture ministry, President Irfaan Ali, along with the vice president plan to engage the private cane harvesters next week to address other matters.
