‘You work for the people and communities that elected you. You must have good governance, transparency and accountability. You must be grounded and guided by the law’.
This was the charge stated by the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Sonia Parag at the launching ceremony of the Overseers and Neighbourhood Democratic Councillors (NDCs) Training Programme on Friday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said. The training organised by the Ministry targeted participants in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), attracting some 95 per cent of councillors and overseers. Parag said that this training had been years in the making. She stated that the presentations were specifically tailored to fully enhance the local government bodies by providing them with the knowledge and tools they need to properly and effectively manage the needs of their communities.