President Dr. Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that $45M will be soon invested on farm roads in Aranaputa Valley, North Rupununi, Region Nine, a Department of Information (DPI) release has said.
According to the release during a community meeting this morning, the President informed that the Government is working on several initiatives aimed at improving the lives and livelihood of the residents. These include providing 5000 pounds of peanuts and a quantity of cassava sticks to increase food production.
The release also said that additionally, between 50 to 100 of the village’s livestock will be artificially inseminated (AI) to improve the breeding stock. The President added that the government will work towards improving the village’s sporting facility.
The President was on a two-day outreach to Region Nine where he engaged several communities.
He was accompanied by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall; Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken; National Security Advisor, Captain Gerry Gouveia; CEO of Guyana Invest (formerly GoInvest), Dr.Peter Ramsaroop and officials from the region.
