You could never please everyone at the same time

REPEATEDLY we are placed in a situation where these unknown hidden characters are jumping around using the print media to express their mental illness. Last Sunday KN in the Peeping Tom column, we saw attacks on our young leaders of this country and using statements such as placing our country in the “Hands of intern” to describe these professionals.

I wish to ask, well not Peeping Tom, but the general populace, have we not transgressed the boundaries of this dictatorship leadership since these men took up these positions? So many of my relatives and friends coming back home to visit just wish they had a home here so that they can stay and not return to North America. Some of them even opted to return home and invest here. This same land that once brought distress in the minds and hearts of people is now returning happiness and peace of mind to people, but, there are some people who just can’t bear progress. I remember seeing on a minibus, “Progress breeds enemy”. I strongly think this is the case with Peeping Tom.

What I was mostly amused by is that there was so much emphasis on the $400M that President Bharrat Jagdeo has allotted to assist rice farmers. As an exporter of this commodity, I am totally in support of the President’s assistance.

I would understand the work that a rice farmer has to do before a plate of rice is laid on our tables for a meal. I know the harsh conditions of the weather. This is not an office job where a soft chair and a nice cubicle are used to grow the rice. It’s much more than that. So much more, that some of us will never understand.

But, as the saying goes in our dear land Guyana, you could never please everyone at the same time. The government gave $400M in support to the farmers and some people are not satisfied. If the government didn’t respond positively by giving this amount, then these articles by Peeping Tom would have taken a different twist, for example, what is the government doing about the suffering of rice farmers during the El Nino situation. How do we please, more so, who do we please?

I would like to encourage my colleagues in the rice industry to focus on their goals and work towards achieving them. Based on our markets that are internationally controlled, sometimes we get good prices, like last year and sometimes not so good prices, as the situation now. But according to the predictions which are available online, we can see good prices for the next crop for our paddy and rice. Also, I wish to thank the government for their positive intervention with the $400M assistance and am quite sure that the farmers will make maximum use of this help.
MOHAMMED K. MUSTAPHA

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