Essequibo Businessman Ganesh Jaigobin was on Sunday elected as President of the Essequibo Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ECCI) at their Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at Jaigobin’s Hotel 2 conference hall. Upon his election he pledged his efforts to work closely with the Regional Administration in key areas of development.
He told the gathering that he opted to remain in Guyana to invest although he was given to opportunities to migrate.
Jaigobin currently has 120 staff employed and has been aiding in the development of Region Two. He called on on all stakeholders to work with him to further develop Region Two. Jaigobin replaced former president Suean Sewnaryan
Vice President was Dhanraj Singh, Secretary Verina Rasheed, Treasurer Shaleenie Sukdeo and Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Rawle Pearce.
Committee members are Businessmen and women Balram Sukhnandan, Tagewattee Alham, Parmanand Singh, Coleen Prince, Chandreka Anand Narine, Nateram Ramanan, Ravi Persaud, Deoshankar Mohan and Swetlana Kingston.
Acting as observers were Regional Chairperson VIlma De Silva, Regional Vice Chairman Humace Oodit, Regional Executive Officer Susannah Saywack. The election returning officer was retired Educator Parmeshwar Lall.
Reports and accomplishments was done by past President Suean Sewnarayan after which remarks was done by Regional Chairmperson VIlma De Silva.
De Silva used the opportunity to congratulate the new body and called upon them to encourage more persons to join ECCI. She said she is optimistic that a new body will encourage more membership for the body. She said that in the past businesses in the region benefited from grants and trainings.
De Silva spoke of the region’s development which includes roads, sports arena, employment opportunities, a new school amongst other transformational projects.
Regional Vice Chairman Oodit also wished the new members all the best and called upon them to bring more membership.
