How should oil revenues be spent?
The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) believes that the revenue earned from Guyana’s oil resources should be extended to the development of more farm to market roads.
Poonai Bhigroog, President of the CCCC, in an invited comment to Stabroek News said that it is important to note that more accessible income for residents will spin off to benefit the business community, as “people will be able to spend more money and business can benefit tremendously.”
Importantly, he added that the Chamber has continued to push for more farm to market roads to be developed. He said, “We have been pushing a lot for farm to market roads, because especially Region Six being an agriculture region, one of the main challenges of farmers is having access to their farms and getting their produce out to market, so yes they need to be spending on farm to market road, that is one area that is very much required.”