The long-awaited National Toshaos Council (NTC) Secretariat was commissioned on Monday at its National Exhibition Centre, Sophia.
Some $127.8 million was allocated for construction of the building and an additional $20 million to furnish it, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.
Prime Minister Mark Phillips said that the building is indicative of government’s commitment to the prosperity of Guyana’s first people.
“This is a historic occasion. The PPP/C government made a promise to you, that in the shortest possible time, we will deliver a secretariat to you, because you are a national organisation and any national organisation must have an office, a national headquarters, in the city of Georgetown. Today, we have delivered on that place,” he said.